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IBM lays off staff at Red Hat, insider account sparks reaction

Original: "My Hands Are Shaking While Writing" About IBM's Mass Layoffs at Red Hat

IBM is carrying out mass layoffs at Red Hat, according to a first-hand account written by an affected employee who described their hands shaking while reporting the cuts. The story is drawing significant attention among technology workers, who are discussing the scale of the redundancies and what they signal about IBM's management of the open-source company it acquired in 2019.

Why now: A personal account from someone affected by large-scale layoffs at a prominent software company is resonating with tech workers worried about job security.

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