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Curious.
I keep a close eye on the job listings posted to Mozilla's job board. They don't post new job openings very often, so I always want to be tuned in when new listing pop up. All of a sudden, a lot of new job openings have appeared for a company that just laid off 36 people...
Oct 30 2024:
Oct 31 2024:
Nov 1 2024:
Nov 4 2024:
Nov 5 2024:
Those are job postings at the for-profit Mozilla Corporation, the layoffs happened at the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.
They're theoretically connected, in that the Corporation is a subsidiary of the Foundation, but to my knowledge, they practically don't hand money from the Foundation to the Corporation, because the Corporation has magnitudes more money anyways.
Layoffs sometimes mean freeing up salaries for different positions (e.g. a company pivoting). Curious jobs though, not really sure what to read from those tea leaves....