Still rocking after 6 years - Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

5.0
May 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strongly collaborative, Open Source mindset. Great technologies with enthusiastic communities behind them. Solid culture of remote work, plenty of opportunities for working remote. Very good work/life balance (depends on your manager of course). Job mobility within the company is encouraged and pretty easy. Top-notch technical training is free for employees. Depending on what you do, you get to create a new job for yourself.

Cons

Middle management in Latin America has not understood the Open Source culture yet. Pay used to be good, now it's average at most. Office perks not like those you see at startups.

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Pros

Quite of freedom to explore and experiments

Cons

Reorgs are quite often lately

3.0
May 4, 2026
Recommend
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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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