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> "Mr Teixeira had ethical concerns regarding the layoffs because they were primarily motivated by a desire to increase profit margins at Mozilla, which was alr
by octopoc 2y ago
> "Mr Teixeira had ethical concerns regarding the layoffs because they were primarily motivated by a desire to increase profit margins at Mozilla, which was already operating at a profit," the complaint claims. "Mr Teixeira viewed this as antithetical to Mozilla’s values as espoused on their website: 'We're backed by a non-profit, which means we prioritize the interests of people first, not corporate profits.'"
I get that laying people off is not fun, but maybe the new CEO wants to build up funds so they can become independent of Google's ad money. That would make a lot of strategic sense.
- utensil4778 2y agoIt was less that they wanted to do layoffs and more that they tried to force him to layoff people with no warning, no discussion, no questions allowed and to take full and complete responsibility for said layoffs that he had no knowledge of or any say in.