Red Hat, a place to work if you want to change the world! - Senior Software Developer Red Hat Employee Review

5.0
Apr 29, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a place where you can really make a change in this world! With so many companies being a true example of "the office" Red Hat is one of the few places where an individual has no limits to what they can do. Being the leader in open source creates some truly different views inside the company, with a "can do" attitude flourishing. There is no task to big and no competitor to scary.

Cons

Sometimes pressure is high and it is a VERY fast changing environment - so don't come here if you don't like change :). Red Hat firmly believes in eating it's own dog food - so expect to get a culture shock if you came from a cushy MS world filled with Windows, Office & Exchange.

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Cons

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