Want to hear the truth about #Automattic, the not-like-the-other-girls company that still thinks it is a startup after 20 years and his founder acts like he invented remote working?
With the CEO who boast about his access to an international talent pool?
And the slogan "embrace the chaos" greeting you in all caps when you open the staff handbook?
Read on.
it’s a bit of a red flag when 160 employees see something as trivial as a trademark dispute to take the opportunity to go away with a severance package
Yes but when it’s almost a tenth of the workforce taking the voluntary severance, it’s not really normal unless the boat is sinking, the workplace is toxic, or both
I haven’t read about that, do you have a link? Is the theory that Matt just needed money urgently and decided to try to extort the biggest WordPress hosting platform?
it’s a bit of a red flag when 160 employees see something as trivial as a trademark dispute to take the opportunity to go away with a severance package
Realistically, any company of decent size will have workers who are tired of the job and would voluntarily leave if they got paid for it.
There are other red flags in this case, but I don’t think this is one of them.
8% getting up and leaving is not an indicator of health
esp when Matt was chasing some of them after desperate to get them to un-resign lol
Wow, you got a link to that schadenfreude somewhere?
I do not, but apparently it is so
Yes but when it’s almost a tenth of the workforce taking the voluntary severance, it’s not really normal unless the boat is sinking, the workplace is toxic, or both
I haven’t read about that, do you have a link? Is the theory that Matt just needed money urgently and decided to try to extort the biggest WordPress hosting platform?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24261931/wordpress-matt-mullenweg-automattic-employee-pay-package
and
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/2/24260158/automattic-demand-wp-engine-revenue-wordpress-battle
indeed all that money wasted to purchase tumblr hurted the bottom line
Definitely seems like a toxic guy to work for. Would be hilarious if the hosting providers got together and just forked WordPress.