Exciting Time - Senior Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

5.0
9 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Red Hat is one of the larger contributors to open-source community, and also a great employer. Company culture is special and loyal to people who work there. This is a good place for younger engineers to kick-start their careers and ensure they have enough resources and mentorship. It also offers range of projects to work on, ensuring employees are flexible.

Cons

Sometimes, it can feel stiff and taking extra time when it comes to larger scope decisions by managers given complex hierarchy on particular projects.

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5.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

Quite of freedom to explore and experiments

Cons

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3.0
9 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Extremely talented and motivated people Great product and ecosystem around Kubernetes

Cons

Bluewashing is real. After 4 years past acquisition it is not Open Decision company anymore. There is no clear communication about the direction where the company goes, some departments were moved to IBM without clear explanation why. Promotion process that was clear before is gone, and now your salary increase or promotion are directly depend on your relationship with the manager and not from your contribution to the team or the product.

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