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Red Hat: Bluewashing by IBM, Followed by RAs (Layoffs)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 26, 2026

A month ago: Raw: Extensive Evidence of Red Hat's Mass Layoffs in China (IBM Meets Geopolitics)

A week ago: Whistleblowers Needed: We Are Seeing Many Layoffs in Red Hat (Not Just in China), We Want to Know More

A few hours ago: (notice she got bluwashed recently, the job says "IBM", but it was Red Hat all along)

From intern to senior revenue accountant

2 minutes ago:

Last Saturday was my last working day at IBM.

8 hours ago:

 After 24 years and 10 months my time at IBM is coming to an end

After 8 years, today is my last day at IBM.

Same hour:

Any tea on more RAs?

We've been getting information from Red Hat whistleblowers this year, including those 400+ layoffs last month. It appears, however, like those layoffs carry on in many parts of the world. We could use some hints or evidence related to this. How many are impacted? Are any of those consequences of PIPs?

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