Mozilla Foundation Lays Off 30% Staff; Advocacy And Global Programs No Longer A Part Of Their Structure

Mozilla is made up of several organizations- Mozilla Corporation which develops Firefox and other technologies while its nonprofit and tax-exempt Foundation, which oversees Mozilla’s corporate governance structure and sets the browser makers’ policies.

This nonprofit arm of Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation has now laid off 30% of its employees. As per a report by TechCrunch, the layoff is confirmed by Mozilla Foundations communications chief Brandon Borrman via an email.

It stated that “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. That unfortunately means ending some of the work we have historically pursued and eliminating associated roles to bring more focus going forward. ”

However, the exact figure of the number of employees laid off is not revealed by the company. In the layoff announcement email sent to employees, Mozilla Foundation’s executive director, Nabiha Syed confirmed that two of the foundation’s major divisions- advocacy and global programs are no longer a part of their structure though advocacy is still a central tenet of Mozilla Foundation’s work and will be embedded in all the other functional areas.

“We find ourselves in the relentless onslaught of change in the technology (and broader) world, and the idea of putting people before profit feels increasingly radical, ” the email stated. “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 won’t get us to the next peak. Loft goals demand hard choices. “