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"In October, Mullenweg announced that he’d given Automattic employees a buyout package, and 159 employees, or roughly 8.4 percent of staff, took the offer. “I f
by JuanSucks 2y ago
"In October, Mullenweg announced that he’d given Automattic employees a buyout package, and 159 employees, or roughly 8.4 percent of staff, took the offer. “I feel much lighter,” he wrote. But shortly after, he reportedly complained that the company was now “very short staffed.”"
The jokes write themselves.
- nchmy 2y agoHe then offered another buyout package with even more generous terms, with like a 4 hour period to accept it. People did, and then he said "yeah, um, we're gonna ask you to say on indefinitely because we're really short staffed"
- lobsterthief 2y agoAnd what’s even more hilarious is the 8.4% probably represented the top talent as they’re generally more mobile and have other prospects.