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Mozilla lays off 70

(techcrunch.com)
929 points ameshkov | 5 comments | 15 Jan 20 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
1. chrshawkes ◴[15 Jan 20 20:50 UTC] No.22058382[source]▶
I find it interesting they are laying off 7% of their staff while hiring new developers. I say this as they had a job post in DC recently saying we could join their growing company. Are they growing or retracting?
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2. blackearl ◴[15 Jan 20 20:53 UTC] No.22058421[source]▶
Maybe it's like a controlled burn. Get rid of a bunch of low performers or those who they don't really need currently, hire quickly into what they do need.
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3. grilled_cheese ◴[15 Jan 20 21:04 UTC] No.22058546[source]▶
remember you're talking about people who just lost their job...
4. quotemstr ◴[15 Jan 20 21:05 UTC] No.22058557[source]▶
People are not fungible.
5. yborg ◴[15 Jan 20 21:25 UTC] No.22058815[source]▶
It hasn't been my observation as a daily driver of Firefox that Mozilla needs a lot less QA.