Does Red Hat pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Red Hat employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Red Hat. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Red Hat?

80% of Red Hat employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Red Hat 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.2 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Red Hat?

Software Engineer (352) , Senior Software Engineer (255) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (88) , Solutions Architect (87) , Senior Consultant (84) , Intern (82) , Consultant (81) , Associate Software Engineer (71) , Manager (71) , Account Executive (59) , Project Manager (55) , Sales (55) , Account Manager (53) , Inside Sales Representative (51)

What are the pros of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"Red Hat has a great culture as you would expect from a company that founded it's roots in open source." ((in 809 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 461 reviews)); "Good work life balance and brand name" ((in 339 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 219 reviews)); "relaxed and good work culture" ((in 136 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Red Hat according to real employee reviews?

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 184 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 157 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 102 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 67 reviews)); "Overall low compensation compared to similar roles in other companies" ((in 53 reviews))

What are employees saying about Red Hat layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Red Hat layoffs and their outlook for job security at Red Hat in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Red Hat locations?

Buenos Aires , Córdoba , Republica Argentina

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4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(4,748 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

76% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.5

Senior management

Red Hat has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 4,748 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5K reviews

3.0

Nov 29, 2014

Great people, senior leaders need to trust there staff more and not micromanage. Processes and procedures need to solidify in order to be scalable to 5b $$ and beyond.

Director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people, opportunity are there to explore. Lots of young talent right. Open to new ideas on occasion. Good on site perks.

Cons

Low focus on processes and scaling to be larger. Although global, mindset is not. Compensation is lower than market so they need to level the population to keep associates in the near future.

2.0

Nov 29, 2014

Good for entry-level

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Helpful people, liberate work-from-home policy, a bit higher than average salary, good visibility of work from outside - majority of projects are upstream. Good offices with (once a week) free snaks and free cofee.

Cons

Extremely low oportunities for advancement, moreover - it's, sometimes, actively discouraged, hard time getting salary reviews, big-enterprise attitude towards workers, engineers need to be able to do politics big time to advance their projects.

5.0

Nov 28, 2014

Great people, interesting and challenging work and fun environment

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have never been bored! As the company has grown and evolved I have seen many challenges. But, everyone has always been willing to roll up their sleeves to help make improvements.

Cons

I honestly cannot contribute to highlighting any cons. That would imply that I have no power over the things that bother me. I have a voice for change at Red Hat.

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