Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of staff, ends advocacy work

Date:
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:01:00 +0000

Description:
In the same year that Mozilla laid off around 60 workers, its nonprofit Foundation is making around 30 redundant.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Mozilla Foundation will lay off around 30+ workers A relentless onslaught of change has been blamed The Foundation remains committed to a healthy internet

The Mozilla Foundation, an American nonprofit linked to the company responsible for the Firefox browser , has confirmed it will be laying off nearly a third (30%) of its employees.

The decision to reduce its headcount comes after what the Foundation
describes as a relentless onslaught of change.

The Mozilla Foundation is now believed to have up to 120 workers, meaning
that the layoffs will affect around 36 employees. Mozilla Foundation to lay off a third of its workers

The Mozilla Foundation is reorganizing teams to increase agility and impact
as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and equitable technical
future for us all," confirmed Brandon Borrman, Mozillas VP of Communications.

"That unfortunately means ending some of the work we have historically
pursued and eliminating associated roles to bring more focus going forward. Were not sharing a specific number, but it represents about 30% of the
current team.

This isnt the first time Mozilla has laid off workers Mozilla Corporation, not to be confused with the Foundation, laid off around 60 workers in
February 2024 - the equivalent of around 5% of its workforce.

The Corporation is the name that many consumers will already be familiar
with, through projects like the Firefox browser, but its the Foundation that oversees governance and sets policies. Mozilla has three other organizations the tech-for-good investment fund Mozilla Ventures, AI R&D lab Mozilla.ai and Thunderbird-maker MZLA.

The Foundation also lobbies for privacy, inclusion, literacy, and all principles of a healthy internet, including more recently safe AI.

Nabiha Syed, Mozilla Foundations executive director, shared in an email with colleagues (via TechCrunch ): Navigating this topsy-turvy, distracting time requires laser focus and sometimes saying goodbye to the excellent work that has gotten us this far because it wont get us to the next peak.

Borman added: "We also want to clarify that the restructuring has not dropped advocacy; on the contrary, advocacy is still a central tenet of Mozilla Foundations work and we are in the process of revisiting our approach to it." You might also like Mozilla scaling back VPN, relay and more as it downsizes, lays off 60 workers Find a new role with the best job sites and best recruitment platforms These are the best privacy tools and anonymous browsers



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