159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO's fight with WP Engine escalates | TechCrunch
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The employees accepted a severance package offered to those who disagreed with Matt Mullenweg's direction of WordPress and his fight with WP Engine.

The employees accepted a severance package offered to those who disagreed with Matt Mullenweg’s direction of WordPress and his fight with WP Engine.

    • BrikoXOPEnglish
      6•9 hours ago

      Is it though? While Matt Mullenweg is a douche, he wasn’t wrong about WP Engine contributing nothing to open source WordPress development.

    • lemmyngEnglish
      3•9 hours ago

      Only if both the original and fork engage in a battle to the death and simultaneously wipe each other out.