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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,757 total reviews)
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Matt Hicks

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

Red Hat has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,757 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Red Hat employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
May 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good career cache if you're on the tech side, but not so much if you're on the business side. Good benefits. Semi-flexible working environment. If you love Linux, you've come to the right place. Nice fedoras.

Cons

CEO does a decent job running the company but is largely unseen as compared to other companies I've worked with. With few exceptions senior leadership is sorely lacking. There are VERY few (any?) that I'd categorize as motivational leaders that inspire great work. Mostly they are all managers of their own fiefdoms, fighting for their own interests at the expense of the larger picture. Also - they rarely turn over. Mediocrity is allowed to fester. Therefore there is little natural churn of positions leaving little advancement opportunity. If you've got 20 years, great, but there is no apparent fast track to build your career in 2-year incrementally escalating roles. They just don't open very often.

4.0
Apr 15, 2015

Territory Sales

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company with solid growth

Cons

The middle management don't know what they're doing.

5.0
Apr 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Culture - Openness, treating people with respect, possibility to contact any level of management with an opinion / suggestion People - the most talented bunch of folks I have ever worked with, smart, hard working, passionate Open source model - not only in development, but in anything that the company does Great products - products widely used in the industry, setting some of the business standards Stability and prospect of further growth - even if you stay in the same role for a couple of years, the company is growing, which means that each position gains complexity throughout the time

Cons

Hard to say cons, for sure a company not for everyone. You need to be self-driven and motivated in order to do the job

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