Red Hat reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,752 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 4,752 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
Jul 5, 2014

Political

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits, hard working colleagues and autonomy

Cons

Politics. The company (at least back office functions) is full of back biting politics between and within departments. Everyone is afraid of losing power and fights for position. A lot of smoke and mirrors without much truth to employees or higher management. Many in leadership are checked out and are more concerned about positioning themselves outside of Red Hat instead of focusing on what needs to be done within their departments. Also, lip service is paid to growth and moving within the company but for many in back office functions, to move is almost impossible because managers will limit your mobility to not lose the headcount number. Collaboration, trust and transparency are buzzwords that are not lived out in practice at Red Hat.

2.0
Jun 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, interesting technology, lots of clients everywhere - users just don't know it. They say they are open, encourage suggestions and change...

Cons

But they're not. It's an old company, most managers have been around some time and don't want change. Extremly focused on short term cash. No real local precense, only sales offices. They cannot even sign an employee contract in country. The play a lot of games to avoid legal precense in countries, to avoid taxes.

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