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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/46655413

The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.”

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[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago

Oh geez the leadership is making more mistakes.

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago

Not necessarily. If they're low on cash then cutting unnecessary costs is not unreasonable. What is Mozilla's core goal? Perhaps the "advocacy" and "global programs" divisions weren't all that relevant to it, and so their funding is better put elsewhere.

[-] Virkkunen@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago

Let's wait and see how this funding won't be talked about ever again and later on the CEO coincidentally gets yet another raise

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

WTF. They had $1b banked a few days ago. This is a bit reactionary perhaps?

[-] dan@upvote.au 8 points 2 days ago

They're likely preparing for their funding from Google to be cut. Having a lot of money in the bank doesn't matter if your income is lower than expenses, since you'll run out of money eventually.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Expecting millions to be cut is still extreme when you have a fucking billion in the bank.

[-] dan@upvote.au 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They get around $500 million per year from Google, so $1 billion is just two years worth of that. 86% of Mozilla's revenue comes from that Google deal.

[-] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

well you see. all the cool kids are laying off staff and Mozilla wants to hang out at their pool next summer.

[-] zerog_bandit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

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