AutomaticThe company is reducing its strength behind a range of WordPress.com, Tumblr, WoMCers and other online services. Trimmed will affect 16% of staff across categories, a The automatic blog post released on Wednesday.
Before the trim, 1744 employees are listed on the Automatic website, which means 270 people may lose their job in reply. (Automatic was asked to confirm this number but did not respond to the time of publication.)
This post, which was also shared with the employees of the company through Slack at the beginning of today, explained that this “reconstruction” was necessary because of the speed of the market and technology that is developed in the market.
However, this move has come after a turbulent year for automatics, which is involved in the controversial legal battle with the hosting company Wlup engine. Running drama Already leads to the departure of some automatic employees in the last autumnThe In the opinion of Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automatic, the hosting suppliers did not contribute enough to the Open Source Project WordPress. Org, and the use of the “Wlup” brand confused the customers’ himself related to WordPress.
Today, the Mullenweg explained that the newly synthesized trunks would allow automatics to become “more sticky and responsive”, “break the silk that created inefficiency,” “focus on the quality of the product” and “ensures an effective financial model for long -term success.”
“To support our customers and products, we must definitely improve our productivity, profitability and investment capabilities,” read the post written by the Mullenweg.
The trims will affect employees across 90 countries, who will get an isolated package and job space assistance among other issues.
MullenWeg writes, “There are multiple products with WordPress and beyond the world-class possibilities.
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