https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1s1fqkc
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That article is from 2023.
Absolutely.
Plan: Dismantle IBM in the US and move operations to India, slowly, but surely. Marketing messages to make it seem what it's not. EVERYTHING that is happening is going in the very SAME direction with AK and team of escorts.
CLIENTS should pay attention, because investors, shareholders aren't. The chairman of the board is AK himself, so...
Why doesn't IBM and Alvind come out and state the obvious:
Red Hat has appointed a new Global Red Hat Leader who will be located in India; his name is Navtez Singh Bal. He will be the Primary contact going forward, as IBM looks to move and consolidate Red Hat Development, Support and Operations from the US to India.
That's get a clear message across to everyone including the clients, doesn't it ? Why hide behind more IBM layoff gobbledygook ?
Guess what? But they are hiring somewhere else, former McKinsey will lead the effort in "somewhere else" (announcement from August, 2025):
https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/enterprise-services/red-hat-appoints-navtez-singh-bal-as-new-vp-gm-for-india-and-south-asia/123162309
While US-based Red Hat jobs go away, "India is brimming with opportunity" and ‘We have a real opportunity to position Red Hat as a critical player..."
https://www.communicationstoday.co.in/red-hat-appoints-navtez-singh-bal-as-vp-gm-for-india-and-south-asia/
However, despite of the "high growth numbers": they are only $200 million and reaching a plateau (because the market is big in terms of people, but limited, the actual addressable market is less than the size of the US or EU population) for a company that makes $64 billion.
https://www.techcircle.in/2025/01/09/red-hat-poised-for-200-mn-topline-in-india
Number don't add up, logic doesn't add up, but everything AK does is leading in the very same direction. That is, an entire US iconic company will be dismantled in the US and transferred to "somewhere else".
Slowly, but surely.
I saw a couple of LinkedIn posts that popped up on my newsfeed.
From April
Red Hat's Layoffs
4% of Red Hat's people will be laid off in the coming months. Many have already been let go.
https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/p/red-hats-layoffs
I've been expecting this, it's been a rumor for 2-3 weeks:
https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/05/Rumours_of_Mass_Layoffs_at_Red_Hat_Next_Week_August_11th_2025.shtml
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/eric-iannello_so-are-we-getting-the-results-we-wanted-by-activity-7363558021408440320-cjzr
(according to the article, about 800)
Not putting links of personal post from LinkedIn to respect privacy (as those posts are not public).