Fun place to work - Principal Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

4.0
Mar 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Some very smart and inspiring people from all around the world work here, and it is great to work and solve problems with them on software that helps drive so many businesses world wide. Great flexibility working from home, and while spending time abroad.

Cons

Hours can become very long due to not enough investment in having enough people. The flexible working hours go some way towards making up for that though.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Extremely talented and motivated people Great product and ecosystem around Kubernetes

Cons

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