The Thing Nobody in Red Hat Wants to Talk About Openly
In recent days: Doing to Red Hat What They Already Did (and Still Do) to IBM | Hypothesis That New McKinsey/Microsoft Executive Inside Red Hat Will Outsource Research and Development Operations to India (Like They Do in IBM)
There is a real sentiment or worry among Red Hatters, Europeans and Americans in particulars (because of higher salary expectations). It is that IBM will replace them with people who get paid less, either in India or from India.
It's based on observation of: 1) what's happening right now. 2) what IBM management already did (and still does) to IBM.
Yes, it sounds racist, but this is how many people feel. Talking about it - even if internally a taboo - is something IBM cannot prevent.
Consider thelayoff.com on IBM and its discussion about blocking or imposing tariffs on outsourced jobs (with an eye on India in particular)
They're talking about this:
People know such a move would not only impact IBM but GAFAM and more (even Microsoft).
IBM CEO "AK is ending IBM and blatantly moving things to India," a comment said yesterday. "He's doing it in front of our eyes and nobody seems to tell him, "hey, wait a minute... and now you also dismantle Red Hat, which costed us $34b 5-6 years ago and you said you can totally make it a success?""
We're not even going to say "good", "bad", "whatever"... that's just stuff people see and say. And it's probably not false. The Register MS reported on that openly some months back. █
