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      4.1

      81% would recommend to a friend

      (4,750 total reviews)
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      Matt Hicks

      76% approve of CEO

      68% positive business outlook

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      Red Hat has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,750 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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      2.0
      Oct 22, 2012

      Disaster in making

      Manager
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      Pros

      Open source, still growing company, lots of opportunities, lots of offices, sex appeal in tech circles.

      Cons

      Red Hat has grown too fast and is becoming too much of a big company. If you are about to be laid off from HP or AMD, you will find yourself at home at Red Hat -- which is trying to become like HP or AMD. Red Hat lost its spirit of a smaller counter-culture company, and it's trying to impose (top-down) processes for operational efficiency. The open source developers who are still employed are less and less connected to the corporate entity which is all about process formality.

      1.0
      Oct 22, 2012

      Political People - here's your place to shine

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice swag Some fun and smart people Great concept - open source Nice new digs downtown

      Cons

      Political Old guards or "connected" rule Bad behavior seems to get many promoted Very spin focused culture lacking substance Open source behavior is not happening consistently Underpays significantly and does not pay more as they quadruple your work - no regular evaluations based on continued expansion of responsibilities (this may also happen while you watch the person next to you do nothing) Very difficult to attain work life balance - all depends on your manager - 90% are not supportive of this Fast paced to the point of chaos Too much shifting priorities/roles; job can end at any moment where someone makes up a new one for you or you disappear Many managers lack professionalism and basic collegial respect to peers and underlings High drama

      5.0
      Oct 17, 2012

      Big Company Recognition with Small-Company Feel

      Senior solution architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Red Hat provides autonomy and a very flexible work environment. You end up being exposed to a lot of customers with different needs resulting in learning a great deal. The organization is quite lean and you don't find a lot of higher-ups who don't have on-the-ground experience.

      Cons

      Red Hat is still a growth company in certain divisions which provides for a lot of opportunity, but comes with challenges in breaking through with customers.

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