Automattic CEO Marenweg, who is in the midst of the WordPress trademark issue, re-presents employees with the opportunity to resign and receive nine months' salary
Automattic, the developer of the content management system 'WordPress,' which is currently in a dispute with hosting service WP Engine, has once again offered employees who disagree with the company's policies the opportunity to resign and receive nine months' salary.
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Mullenweg is one of the creators of WordPress, CEO of Automattic, and owner of WordPress' open source project, WordPress.org.
Since Mullenweg called WP Engine a 'cancer on WordPress' at WordCamp US 2024 in September 2024, the conflict between Automattic and WP Engine has deepened and the dispute has been taken to court.
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Not all Automattic employees agreed with these moves, and on October 3rd, CEO Mullenweg called on employees to resign by 8 p.m., offering either $30,000 or six months' salary, whichever was higher, and 159 employees quit.
This is the second round of the encouragement to resign. For those who missed the last opportunity, CEO Mullenweg said that if they send a direct message saying, 'I'm resigning and will receive nine months' salary as a severance package,' they will be accepted even if they don't provide a reason for leaving, as long as they simply reply, 'Thank you.'
If you accept this invitation and leave your job, any equipment in your office or laptop that you were loaned will be confiscated, and you will lose access to Automattic and WordPress.org, including your Slack and user accounts.
The battle between Automattic and WP Engine has become even more complicated after Automattic forked one of WP Engine’s most popular plugins.
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