Red Hat News About De Facto Mass Layoffs (Bluewashing) Gone From Reddit (Censored by Gatekeepers), Still Online in The Register
4 days ago: The Bluewashing of Red Hat is Being Completed, Many Staff Understand They'll be Made Redundant
11 days ago:
They probably sent threats to the person who had posted it. That's one of many reasons Reddit should be avoided. Its parent company is a marketing arm/partner of IBM.
One comment reproduced before the censorship/self-censorship (by threats most likely): "Culture has been dead for at least 1 year now," said Reddit user Purple_Afternoon 966. "The experience might be different depending on the department, but there is nothing left from the open culture praised. We have now micromanagement, decision making from middle management that clearly have no idea of what we do and how and trying to implement ideas that they read somewhere, with no context, data and not giving answer or addressing feedback."
Red Hat back-office team to be Big and Blue whether they like it or not
IBM-owned subsidiary Red Hat is docking a bunch of its back-office staff, along with the techies that support them, into the mothership.
The migration – which some onlookers may be surprised didn't happen sooner – is due to take effect from the start of 2026. Company insiders were told about the move on September 3.
According to a communication sent to employees, those in General & Administrative areas will join IBM, including the lion's share of the people working in the HR, finance, accounting, and legal units at Red Hat.
A source told us the switch will be "implemented this year," although in some countries "it might take longer due to legal constraints." The leadership running those teams will remain within the Red Hat fold.
Some are nervous about the move, with tech companies – notably IBM – eliminating duplicated roles to consolidate back-office functions. In January – as has happened in recent years – IBM again forecast annual savings of $3.5 billion, partly through job cuts.
There is no public data on the size of the G&A population within Red Hat but the total workforce is understood to be about 19,000 worldwide, with the bulk of those employed in the engineering, sales, and support divisions.
IBM has been trying to hide what's happening to Red Hat, but the signal of distress is coming out regardless and there are many comments here and there.
One person wrote: "I remember hearing from one of our Red Hat reps that IBM wasn't going to take over their culture, and in fact they believed Red Hat was going to take over IBM culture. It is to laugh."
Another one said: "Back in my early years in IT I would yearn for a job at IBM. That feels like decades ago now. Probably because it is."
With RTOs, PIPs, relocation etc. expect IBM to "shed off" many Red Hatters. So the layoffs won't be very "loud". █