Oh yeah! Look at IBM's previous acquisitions especially over the last decade. They're one of the worst tech employers too, for anyone remotely senior. I give it a year max before the 1st RH layoff wave (in IBMese, a "Resource Action" or RA).

I work at Red Hat and I doubt that. Red Hat is going to keep being redhat for a long time, and I doubt anything is going to change in that regard.

In a sense, I believe that IBM is going to be more red than the Hat will be blue.

Disclaimer, my opinions are my own and might not represent the company opinions.