Red Hat employee: There's been no layoffs and I don't expect any. RH managed to avoid layoffs in 2008 as well. A hiring freeze is in place for most departments

Red Hat employee: There's been no layoffs and I don't expect any. RH managed to avoid layoffs in 2008 as well. A hiring freeze is in place for most departments but there are still some positions which are actively hiring. I can't say I'm surprised that IBM is having layoffs, though.