Red Hat - A pretty good place to work - Principal Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
Mar 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good company for learning about and participating in open source. Lots of room for creativity. Salaries are competitive when you negotiate. Benefits are reasonable. The company is filled with a variety of top-notch developers and creative thinkers all over the world which really makes for a diverse group.

Cons

Benefits seem to get sparser each year with increased pricing. Organization runs at 100% capacity. Difficult to train new employees in the culture of Red Hat because the company is growing very quickly.

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5.0
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Pros

Quite of freedom to explore and experiments

Cons

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4.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

- Collaborative culture - Smart people - Great leadership - Interesting work and projects - Appreciation for family life

Cons

- Internal politics - Growing fast so growing pains

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