Take that appeal to authority elsewhere, and the insults with it. As someone who was also at Red Hat for eight years (2009-2017) I'd say GP might have been off

Take that appeal to authority elsewhere, and the insults with it. As someone who was also at Red Hat for eight years (2009-2017) I'd say GP might have been off base but certainly not garbage. I heard more grossly sexist comments (or saw them on IRC) there than anywhere else. We're talking stuff that would lead to immediate mandatory diversity training the first time, or instant dismissal the second, at many companies (including IBM). "Who did she have to blow to get that job" particularly sticks in my mind. Most people didn't even bat an eye because that kind of stuff is totally allowable in the open-source communities these folks were part of. I also saw at least one person fired for refusal to work with people he considered "beneath" him socially. You might say it's good that the company took action, but it took over a year for that to happen and I don't think that would have been the case at a truly inclusive company. I suppose you can dismiss these (and plenty more I could relate) as mere anecdotes, but you haven't even provided those so that would be pretty hypocritical. The vast majority of people I knew at Red Hat ranged from industry-average to absolutely excellent, but overall I'd say even Facebook had a better internal culture in terms of diversity etc. Painting RH as anything more than a typical tech company in those areas is a bit absurd.