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