Keep an eye open for election-buried tech news, including this from Mozilla
As reported by TechCrunch, the Mozilla Foundation has sacked 30% of staff, including the closure of its open-web advocacy division. It's interesting timing for the news, which will likely be overshadowed by a big news event happening in the US at the moment.
Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunch
This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
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“The Mozilla Foundation is reorganizing teams to increase agility and impact as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and equitable technical future for us all. That unfortunately means ending some of the work we have historically pursued and eliminating associated roles to bring more focus going forward,” read the statement shared with TechCrunch.
Announcing the layoffs in an email to all employees on October 30, the Mozilla Foundation’s executive director Nabiha Syed confirmed that two of the foundation’s major divisions — advocacy and global programs — are “no longer a part of our structure.”
After publication, Borrman told TechCrunch that “advocacy is still a central tenet of Mozilla Foundation’s work and will be embedded in all the other functional areas,” without providing specifics.
