Media Blackout Regarding Mass Layoffs at Red Hat
6PM on a Friday (almost 2 days after mass layoffs happened without prior notice):
Perhaps this says more about the state of the media or the fourth estate, not IBM.
To be very clear, what happened is certainly real (see the link at the bottom of the list below).
- More Information on IBM Red Hat Layoffs in April 2026, Hundreds of Skilled GNU/Linux Engineers Laid Off (300+ Simultaneously)
- Many Layoffs at IBM Red Hat, as the Rumours Said
- The Slop Delusion: This Morning We Broke Story on Red Hat Layoffs in Two Posts, Google is Already Plagiarising Them With Slop and Getting the Basic Facts Wrong
- "IBM is Constantly Laying Off People" (Not Just in Red Hat)
- Raw: Extensive Evidence of Red Hat's Mass Layoffs in China (IBM Meets Geopolitics)