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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by kelnos on Friday October 04, 2024 @05:50AM (#41739676)
> And the person who accepted 6 months salary/$30k to leave the job he started two days prior...

I would expect you have to have been there for X months or Y years already in order to be given the deal. Unless Mullenweg is really that desperate to get rid of anyone who doesn't agree with his hissy fit.

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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by posterman on Friday October 04, 2024 @08:00AM (#41740498)
I don't love the way the dude handled it, but what is preventing you from even considering that it is a genuine gesture to his employees?
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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by morgante on Friday October 04, 2024 @06:01AM (#41739777)
He mentions someone taking it had joined only a few days earlier.
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Re:159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with ... by Sebb767 on Friday October 04, 2024 @06:03AM (#41739798)
> Unless Mullenweg is really that desperate to get rid of anyone who doesn't agree with his hissy fit.

Given his quite emotional outbursts, this does not seem that unlikely.

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