Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin...
by athms on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @03:31PM
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The for-profit entity (Mozilla Corporation) is wholly owned by the non-profit entity (Mozilla Foundation) and Mitchell Baker leads both organizations. That is a conflict of interest. She should resign from one entity, but there is a compelling argument that she is a failure at leading both organizations.
FYI -- The foundation owns the IP, while the corporation manages software engineering and the Google search deal.
Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin...
by hayd on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @01:56PM
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In an NGO they need to secure funding, too much bloat (including director-level pay) could make fundraising more difficult.
...I guess if you get your money from a disinterested Google rather than fundraising there really isn't anyone to push back against inefficiency/poor performance.
Really the board should have been pushing back/course correcting, but sadly even in private companies boards are usually weak af (simply doing the ceos bidding).
In a commercial company, there would be activist investors pushing to cut manager's pay and change management. But I'm not familiar with this type of NGOs so well; who is supposed play the role of principal here? And are they not playing it properly?