Comment by Macha

Comment by Macha 8 days ago

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A lot of people here will react to the advocacy cuts, and the idea that advocacy make up such a large portion of the workforce.

30 percent seemed like a lot, but I think it's just 30 percent of the foundation's direct staff. I suspect the corporation employs more people than the foundation? So stuff like development is not included in that count.

I do wonder if the cuts are because of anticipation of lower search revenue from Google with tech restricting legislation on the horizon and google's focus pivoting to AI.

gsnedders 8 days ago

> I suspect the corporation employs more people than the foundation?

Yes; the corporation is, last I knew, about a thousand, and the foundation about a hundred.

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mossTechnician 8 days ago

> While Mozilla Foundation declined to quantify the number of people being let go... The Register understands the current headcount is closer to 120, so presumably around 36 people stand to lose their jobs.

Compared to their other investments, how much money are they actually saving by doing this?

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  • appplication 8 days ago

    I think it’s a fair question, but I don’t think it invalidates the validity of looking at this particular division and evaluating if it brings the company more value than it costs. It’s like when I cancel Netflix. Compared to my other spending it’s not a lot, and to be honest I won’t even notice the savings. But if the value isn’t there, why spend money on it?

    Granted I’m not moralizing about the actual value or correctness of this decision, I know nothing about Mozilla’s inner workings or the work of this division in particular.

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