Great company becoming large corporate - Associate Software Engineer Red Hat Employee Review

4.0
24 June 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- True leader in open-source - Perfect internal communication - Number-one experts for specific area available to help - Lots of benefits a comfortable environment

Cons

- The office in Brno is growing too fast - Most of the work is maintenance and support, not development - The environment started to be more anonymous and less challenging - The talented people are slowly replaced by interns and fresh graduates - The salary is average for above-average people

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5.0
3 June 2026
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Pros

Quite of freedom to explore and experiments

Cons

Reorgs are quite often lately

3.0
4 May 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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