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?

81% of Red Hat employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Red Hat 4.3 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 (351) , Senior Software Engineer (255) , Technical Support Engineer (107) , Principal Software Engineer (88) , Solutions Architect (87) , Senior Consultant (83) , Consultant (81) , Intern (81) , Manager (71) , Associate Software Engineer (70) , 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 820 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 454 reviews)); "Good work life balance and brand name" ((in 344 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 219 reviews)); "Work culture is good and supportive" ((in 131 reviews))

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

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 166 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 155 reviews)); "the only drawback is that the quality of management isn't universally vetted and a bad manager can ruin your experience" ((in 104 reviews)); "Senior leadership for the most part is inexperienced in their roles." ((in 68 reviews)); "Low compensation compared to compititors" ((in 57 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.

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4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(4,738 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

77% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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4.3

Work/Life balance

4.2

Culture & values

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

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 4,738 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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4.0

Nov 8, 2009

The place to be IF you don't like spending time at home.

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great opportunities for learning, good benefits, great people!

Cons

It's easy to get lost in a place like RedHat. If you're a consultants you are expected to be 'on the road' nearly 100% of the time. If you go to work there and be a consultant expect to be living in cheap hotels and eating on a low end budget. You wouldn't believe some of the crummy hotels I had to stay at. Business travel is bad enough to begin with, fighting with a rat to keep yoru snickers bar in the hotel room is just too much on top!

3.0

Aug 11, 2009

Fast-growing company with a lot of ambition.

Inside sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fast growing company with a lot of ambition and a great name on the market

Cons

Management lacks consistency. Even though the company is growing, not enough opportunities to progress are given to existing employees.

3.0

Aug 11, 2009

Great place to work if you are an OSS developer, less so in other roles

Principal software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Engineers tend to have a lot of freedom when it comes to what they work on -Open source culture is incredibly strong, how the community will react is frequently considered in decisions -Really smart/hard working dev's

Cons

-RH tries to act like a big company from the process perspective but just ends up with a lot of misplaced bureaucracy. -"silo"d mentality across business areas, not much time spent looking at opportunities for different divisions to work together -Community/developer focus has resulted in a lot of projects being carried by RH employees but which don't contribute to the bottom line

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