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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by endemic on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @10:20AM (#24132288)
I can't think of a good reason why Mitchell Baker should keep her job. I'm fine with competitive executive compensation, but what has she done other than lay off the people doing the work?
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by waheoo on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:09AM (#24132801)
How else do you justify their salary. Increasing revenue? please.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by devy on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @11:13AM (#24132845)
> Increasing revenue?

Yes. Mozilla Corporation, The wholly owned subsidiary of Non-profit Mozilla Foundation, is a for-profit organization and taxable entity. [1]

For any for-profit organization, increasing profit is one of the major responsibility of the CEO.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by stingraycharles on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:16PM (#24133552)
I think the parent means that she failed at this. At the very least, her salary went up while Firefox market share went down.
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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by waheoo on Thursday August 13, 2020 @09:24AM (#24143059)
No I meant that I order to justify her salary she needs to either increase profits or reduce costs. Looks like she went with reducing costs ...
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