Sounds like he was asked to leave or given incentive to go.
https://hansdegoede.dreamwidth.org/30910.html
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I don't even feel like posting a comment giving any 2 cent about Red Hat anymore.
I would have, but I saw the thread about someone else being laid off today (here), the multiple posts on social media over the past days, Hans leaving, etc... and it's, well, sad.
McKinsey is behind many of the tech layoffs + moving things to then China, now India... "we were just following recommendations" corporations then say (CEOs, CFOs, etc).
If you work for McKinsey, you are not a nice person. Just saying...
We are witnessing the dismantling of Red Hat in the US, what's left is going to India, where they hired a former McKinsey to manage it.
They claim that India is growing, but despite so called high growth rates, it's only $200 million and won't go much higher.
McKinsey was hited last year (March 2024 news(): "Red Hat tries on a McKinsey cap in quest to streamline techies' jobs"
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/27/red_hat_hires_mckinsey/
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1bql18o/red_hat_hires_mckinsey_to_streamline_techies_jobs/
Then, last month, this happens - a former McKinsey became regional manager in India:
https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/enterprise-services/red-hat-appoints-navtez-singh-bal-as-new-vp-gm-for-india-and-south-asia/123162309
Now Hans leaves, a.k.a. talent continues to jump boat.
Folks, that's the plan. AK was supposed to manage this $34 billion dollar acquisition for success. He didn't. But his plan to dismantle IBM and move what's left to his homeland is working "perfectly". Why "perfectly"? Because investors, shareholders, regulators, lawyers, etc are doing nothing.