Goodbyes to Red Hat and IBM
Minutes ago:
Earlier today: (after 36 years at IBM)
Also today: It's Official, Mass Layoffs at IBM Again (2026)
IBM insiders are explaining the various ways in which IBM pushes out "expensive" staff. RAs and layoffs are not always necessarily needed if you can humiliate and degrade staff, causing that staff to leave.
Only hours ago someone wrote publicly: "Top performer here (100% plus club 2 consecutive years) ranked low performer before the most recent round and saw the ugly writing on the wall and didn't want to play the game. Got out well before and sooo glad I did (had several offers so I knew it wasn't me). That's no way to exist. Shame on you IBM."
Some people can relate.
We spoke to some whistleblowers in private. They hate IBM. But IBM won't let them say it, even after leaving.
IBM is killing the goose and is running out of money, hence the mass layoffs. PIPs let them do the same with less "wasted" on severance or with obscene narrative-shaping [1, 2]. People expressing gratitude for becoming unemployed is the hallmark of IBM's NDAs. To be clear, those are not legal. █