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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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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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[–] just_another_person 14 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks 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 7 points 4 weeks ago

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