Is Red Hat a good company to work for as a Software Developer?

Software Developer professionals working at Red Hat have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 346 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Red Hat employees being 4.1 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Red Hat now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Red Hat .

Does Red Hat pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Red Hat with 3.6 out of 5 stars based on 346 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries and benefits at Red Hat .

How happy are Software Developer professionals working at Red Hat?

80% of Software Developer employees at Red Hat would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 7% in the past 12 months. Software Developer professionals have also rated Red Hat with a 4.6 rating for work-life-balance, 4.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.4 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating 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 830 reviews)); "workers are great people and good to work with on a daily basis." ((in 449 reviews)); "Good benefit and beyond market pay" ((in 212 reviews)); "Work culture is good and supportive" ((in 136 reviews)); "Really enjoyed working at Red Hat due to the collaboration and great colleagues." ((in 123 reviews))

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

"low salaries and lack of office" ((in 180 reviews)); "Poor management (depends on your team/manager)" ((in 150 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 56 reviews))

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4.2

80% would recommend to a friend

(346 total reviews)

Matt Hicks

78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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4.6

Work/Life balance

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Career opportunities

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Software Developer Engineer employees have rated Red Hat with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 346 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Red Hat is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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346 reviews

5.0

Jul 15, 2014

Great place to work for Open Source advocates and open-minded people!

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Pros

Company culture is awesome if you're an open source advocate. If you're not, it's still a great place to work as long as you keep an open mind. Work is pretty flexible, sometimes even leaving it up to take the initiative to work on valuable projects. Most people are really passionate about what they do, which makes for awesome work life. However, there is also a real balance with life, offering pretty good PTO.

Cons

There seems to be a decline in the importance of Open Source for some people, making it OK to adopt proprietary solutions when convenient. It's probably a side effect of a growing company, where a lot of the people coming in don't have the same vision and passion for Open Source.

1.0

May 6, 2014

Got to to be in the "in crowd" to do interesting work and get promotion, and watch your back

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Pros

Working remotely means you don't have to meet any of the "egos" personally. It is good to work for a company where everything is open source, from your desktop, mail client/developer tools, to the code you're developing or supporting. This makes a refreshing change from proprietary companies.

Cons

If you work remotely be prepared to get routinely passed over for everything, not in the office means you're effectively invisible. Much of the engineering work is just bug fixing, even principal developers seem to do little else. If you want the interesting development work, you have to do something to be noticed, and then be prepared to back stab your way through the queue of people for that coveted work. Then you'll invariably have to deal with the egos, and Red Hat has a lot of engineers with ego problems. Work-life balance can be frustrating. I often get to work past midnight. Not that you'll spend the entire time working, rather waiting for the baroque bureaucracy to complete. Personal growth: zero.

4.0

Apr 30, 2014

Freedom

Software engineer

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Pros

Can Work from home Flexible work hours Freedom to develop and publish the programs you want and need. No dress code Free snacks Great Value Friendly and smart colleagues

Cons

Salary is not to be proud of Unnecessary paper work

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