Great place to work if you are an OSS developer, less so in other roles - Principal Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

3.0
Aug 11, 2009
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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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Quite of freedom to explore and experiments

Cons

Reorgs are quite often lately

3.0
May 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Good team culture and work-life balance if you have the right management chain - Remote work if you're not close to an office - Leadership transparency and willingness to hear feedback

Cons

- Constant re-orgs without strategy are destabilizing - Manager pool is very mixed in terms of experience and skill - Poor role definition can lead to surprises at quarterly review time - Layoffs/reductions have had a chilling effect - Lower salaries compared to competitors

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