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Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by dylan604 »

niix wrote: post #30
bdcravens wrote: post #25

I hope the formerly Mozilla employees all find roles quickly, but I suspect that well more than 250 employees have been laid off since the beginning of the pandemic. Is there a particular reason why these layoffs need exceptional response?

I was thinking the same thing. In addition, there have been a ton of tech/startup related layoffs, its odd that this one is getting so much attention and support from the community. Edit: Perhaps I'm a bit bitter, as I was laid off because of the pandemic after 4+ years at my previous employer, and left on my own to figure things out. I imagine the experience was the same for others in a similar situation.

tech/startup culture loves the "making the world a better place" is such a crock, but i believe that Mozilla actually does. i do have more sympathy from a Mozilla layoff than somewhere like FB/Twitter/Uber/etc.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by behnamoh »

causality0 wrote: post #9

It's very weird that Mozilla is laying off 25% of its workforce while at the same time spending oodles of cash on its Fix The Internet incubator. I'm not a business major; maybe this is normal.

As a company, you know you're doing something wrong when websites such as this pop up on HN. I hope Mozilla is able to turn back to its origins.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by baddash »

This reminds me of a scenario described by Alfie Kohn in "No Contest: The Case Against Competition". If I recall correctly, he describes how people looking for jobs actually are more successful if they work for mutual success within the context of a network like this one. It makes me curious: are there other job-searching networks that exist where people can work for each others' benefit? Is there a general one for any job-seeker?

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by blihp »

causality0 wrote: post #9

It's very weird that Mozilla is laying off 25% of its workforce while at the same time spending oodles of cash on its Fix The Internet incubator. I'm not a business major; maybe this is normal.

Fixing the browser revenue is at best difficult (i.e. significantly increase market share, more hard work to do on the browser which will cost $$$ for labor) while the Fix The Internet initiative could result in a miracle that saves them. Management often opts for for the miracle.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by dependenttypes »

causality0 wrote: post #9

It's very weird that Mozilla is laying off 25% of its workforce while at the same time spending oodles of cash on its Fix The Internet incubator. I'm not a business major; maybe this is normal.

Or spends 2.5m just for its CEO yearly (not to mention the other executives). I guess it is easier to fire the servo/rust people who did actual work rather than any of the designers or the higher ups.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by [deleted] »

baddash wrote: post #53

This reminds me of a scenario described by Alfie Kohn in "No Contest: The Case Against Competition". If I recall correctly, he describes how people looking for jobs actually are more successful if they work for mutual success within the context of a network like this one. It makes me curious: are there other job-searching networks that exist where people can work for each others' benefit? Is there a general one for a…

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Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by stu2b50 »

speedgoose wrote: post #48
tw1423214 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment really demonstrates the divide between those with a casual working understanding of Mozilla due to peripheral awareness vs those who are or were once heavily involved with the project. (Side note: it's hard to read discussions about Mozilla on HN for this reason.) Mozillians at Facebook is not new or novel. There was a time when it seemed like everyone was leaving Mozilla for Facebook. If someone collect…

I thought that people working at Mozilla were passionate about privacy, open-source, trust, and were working at Mozilla for the values. But you say many of them would work to the company with opposite values.

The reality is that most people like working with smart peers and cool technology. Being paid is also nice.

Any moral or ethical values is somewhere in the middle of the pyramid of needs.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by STRML »

gkoberger wrote: post #44
dgellow wrote: post #40

This animated SVG is dope! Really cute, seems to be done only with SVGs and CSS animations as far as I can tell.

Yup, had to get it out quick so I went simple! Just a single SVG that I shift elements back and forth on, and rotated so it looks like it's floating!

This is honestly really impressive on such a short deadline! Looks really great.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

#59

Post by khawkins »

> Sr. Wokeplace Culture Officer

> What are you looking for?

> New and exciting workplace where I can subtly enforce woke culture on employees just trying to build technologies.

Re: Mozilla Lifeboat

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Post by Teckla »

signal11 wrote: post #7

Thank you to the MDN and Servo teams for all their hard work. I wish you well for the future and hope you find a new gig soon.

Thank you to the MDN and Servo teams for all their hard work.

Gutting the Servo team makes me wonder if management is going to move the rendering engine from Gecko to Blink.

Perhaps the "Foxium" browser is "coming soon."

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