Mozilla's Speech-to-Text Engine Is at Risk Following Layoffs

Re:Mozilla's Speech-to-Text Engine Is at Risk Following Layoffs by Tanath on Sunday August 23, 2020 @09:46PM (#24256879)

Seems unlikely. The layoffs happened before they got a new deal: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370020/mozilla-google-f...

Now they can bring people back.

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Re:Mozilla's Speech-to-Text Engine Is at Risk Following Layoffs by fooker on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:33AM (#24257770)

>Now they can bring people back.

Or they can increase executive compensation.

How far in advance do you think these deals are decided before public announcement?

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Re:Mozilla's Speech-to-Text Engine Is at Risk Following Layoffs by infinityplus1 on Monday August 24, 2020 @01:57AM (#24257874)

Anyone who left isn't coming back. They would now go for better opportunities.

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Re:Mozilla's Speech-to-Text Engine Is at Risk Following Layoffs by macspoofing on Monday August 24, 2020 @06:14AM (#24259171)

You think they didn't know this deal was going to be signed before they announced their layoffs?

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Re:Mozilla's Speech-to-Text Engine Is at Risk Following Layoffs by contravariant on Monday August 24, 2020 @07:27AM (#24259607)

Now I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to managing companies so I can't be sure if that is the right move or not. However surely any management that announces massive lay-offs to then turn around and hire those same people back a few weeks later would have to be deemed blatantly incompetent (if not malicious)?

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