159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates | TechCrunch
Ivan Mehta
<< EDITOR ADDED DATE 2024-10-04>>
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg said on Thursday that 159 employees (roughly 8.4% of staff) accepted a severance package that the company had offered to those who disagreed with his direction of WordPress and his handling of the tussle with web hosting provider WP Engine.
In a blog post, Mullenweg said the package offered $30,000 or six months of salary, whichever is higher, but the employees who took it would not be eligible to be re-hired by Automattic.
Nearly 80% of people who took the offer worked in the company’s Ecosystem / WordPress division, and the rest were in Automattic’s Cosmos businesses, consisting of apps like Pocket Casts, Day One, Tumblr and Cloudup.
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Once again, wage slaves must always be looking for their next job or gig. Unless they have their FU money in a safe store like an annuity, they must be ready when their CEO, organization, or a regulatory agency loses their mind and commits suicide or murder.
When this happens it is NOT the time to begin to think about your resume. Back when I was first fired — and I was 4½ times — I was only surprised the FIRST time. Thanks to that employers’ outplacement, I learned a valuable lesson. I am the Captain of My Own Ship, the CEO, CFO, CTO, Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Sales Person, and Product De Jour. I even had a “VP of Product Development” reporting to the CFO! From that day forward, until the day I retired, I had a monthly “meeting” on the First Sunday of every month early in the morning. First thing, without fail, although I did serve coffee, I would put on each of my metaphorical hats and review my work in that role. Was I always happy as I reviewed my “subordinate personality’s” accomplishments? No, but I was never “surprised” again.
When presented with a “surprise”, I immediately shifted gears seamlessly into “active job search” from “passive job search”. Was I stressed by the “surprise”? Yes, but my first action after filing for unemployment (Have to “steal” back as much as possible from what the various Gooferments “stole” from me!), was to take a week of vacation. Calms the soul and refreshes the spirit.
YMMV but be ever vigilant.
“You, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know when the master of the household will return—in the evening, at midnight, before dawn, or at daybreak.” — Mark 13:35
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