"Much" of the Rust/Wasmtime team hit by layoffs at Mozilla

Re:"Much" of the Rust/Wasmtime team hit by layoffs at Mozilla by protomyth on Thursday August 13, 2020 @11:49AM (#24144621)

I wouldn't jump to the conclusion that management doesn't understand tech, they obviously do, it's Mozilla.

What in these decisions should make that obvious? Just because its Mozilla doesn't mean its management staff understand tech.

Cut the CEO salary and remove some management first.

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Re:"Much" of the Rust/Wasmtime team hit by layoffs at Mozilla by mkozlows on Thursday August 13, 2020 @01:24PM (#24145789)

They cut 25% of their workforce. That's 250 people. Figure all-in loaded cost of $200K per person let go, and that's $50 million in budget they cut. Mitchell Baker had made $2.5 million. You don't get $50 million out of non-technical cuts.

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Re:"Much" of the Rust/Wasmtime team hit by layoffs at Mozilla by fgonzag on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:30PM (#24150376)

But a pay reduction to all C level execs would free up a few million that would allow you to maybe keep some of (what the community consider) Mozilla's most important projects.

I used to donate to Mozilla until these news. In fact, I started specifically donating because of the Servo and Rust projects. I was impressed with the way Mozilla was pushing the envelope and once again returning to the forefront of tech, in an open source manner.

Instead, C execs keep getting raises and the guys doing the real work keep getting axed.

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