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159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO's fight with WP Engine escalates (techcrunch.com)
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The employees accepted a severance package offered to those who disagreed with Matt Mullenweg's direction of WordPress and his fight with WP Engine.

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[โ€“] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can we call that "going full Elon" yet?

[โ€“] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

He is offering a severance well beyond what he needs to for anyone that wants to go. That's not even close to what Elon did.

On top of that, they are going to rehire. This isn't a cull of the business because it's losing money.