If you are looking at the perfect example of destroying corporate culture and visions, turn your attention to the fight around WordPress. No matter the underlying legal questions, Automattic and the WordPress non-profit might not survive. #governance#HRwptavern.com/thank-y...
Josepha Haden Chomphosy has stepped down from Automattic, where she served as the Executive Director of the WordPress project. She was also leading Automattic’s open-source division, champion…
One-twelfth of Automattic staff leave over WordPress-WP Engine spat
CEO Matt Mullenweg offered staff six months’ salary to leave if they didn’t like his attitude: 159 took the money and ran.
Automattic CEO will pay staff $30,000 to leave if they oppose his legal battle with WP Engine
Founder of Automattic Matt Mullenweg will pay staff 159 former staff who don’t support his ongoing legal battle with WP Engine $30,000 or six months’ salary – whichever is higher – to leave the compan...
It would be interesting to find out exactly how Matt Mullenweg has been presenting the connection between WordPress and Automattic to its investors. It is hard to understand how you would think that a host providing managed WordPress hosting is part of WordPress, since it is an open source project.
CNBC found a source to back Matt Mullenweg. Only it is someone who says they have known Matt for 16 years and is an investor in Automattic: “I always thought that was part of WordPress,” referring to WP Engine. “They’re misleading, and they don’t contribute to the community.”
Why WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has gone ‘nuclear’ against tech investing giant Silver Lake
Matt Mullenweg, who founded WordPress more than two decades ago, finds himself in a legal battle against Silver Lake over the firm's ownership of WP Engine.
Yahoo purchased Tumblr in 2013 for $1.1B. Verizon acquired AOL and Yahoo for $8.9B in 2015 and 2017, forming media group Oath. Oath's censorship policies caused a migration from Tumblr, and they sold Tumblr to Automattic (WordPress) for $3M in 2019, a 99.8% loss.
Matt in 2019 in reference to new Automattic CFO (who in the present was part of the extortion campaign): “As we zoom past 1,100 employees in over 70 countries, we wanted a financial leader with experience taking businesses from hundreds of millions in revenue to billions and even tens of billions"
159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feud
WordPress supremo Mullenweg channels Churchill: Never let a good crisis go to waste
159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO’s fight with WP Engine escalates
The employees accepted a severance package offered to those who disagreed with Matt Mullenweg's direction of WordPress and his fight with WP Engine.
WordPress Foundation’s Recent Hosting Related Trademark Filings List Automattic Employee as Its Chief of StaffWordPress Foundation’s Recent Hosting Related Trademark Filings List Automattic Employee as Its Chief of Staff
