{"id":660230,"date":"2025-04-02T21:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff\/"},"modified":"2025-04-02T21:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T18:40:17","slug":"wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Automattic<\/a>, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. <\/a><\/p>\n

Ahead of the layoffs, Automattic\u2019s website listed 1,744 employees, which means north of 270 people may have lost their jobs. (Automattic was asked to confirm this number but has not responded as of the time of publication.)<\/p>\n

The post, which was also shared with company employees via Slack earlier on Wednesday, explains that this \u201crestructuring\u201d was necessary due to the competitive nature of the market and the speed with which technology<\/a> is evolving. <\/p>\n

However, the move comes after a tumultuous year for Automattic, which has engaged in a controversial legal battle with hosting company WP Engine. The ongoing drama already led to the departure of some Automattic employees last fall<\/a>. In Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg\u2019s opinion, the hosting provider WP Engine did not sufficiently contribute to the open source project WordPress.org, and its use of the \u201cWP\u201d brand was confusing consumers about its affiliation with WordPress itself. <\/p>\n

Today, Mullenweg explained that the newly announced layoffs will allow Automattic to become \u201cmore agile and responsive,\u201d \u201cbreak down silos that have created inefficiencies,\u201d \u201cfocus on product quality,\u201d and \u201censure a viable financial model for long-term success.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo support our customers and products, we must improve our productivity, profitability, and capacity to invest,\u201d read the post, authored by Mullenweg.<\/p>\n

The layoffs will impact employees across 90 countries, who will receive a severance package and job placement assistance, among other things. <\/p>\n

\u201cAutomattic has multiple products with world-touching potential in WordPress and beyond. I\u2019m confident we will come out of this situation in a better position, poised to create a vibrant, profitable, well-designed company that will continue our mission to democratize the internet,\u201d Mullenweg wrote. <\/p>\n

TechCrunch sources told us that the layoffs were effective immedia<\/a>tely, meaning people received an email and then immediately lost access to Slack. The layoffs include some longtime employees who have been with the company for north of a decade, we understand. <\/p>\n

The news<\/a> follows Automattic\u2019s cancellation of its annual \u201cGrand Meetup\u201d company retreat for 2025. <\/p>\n

This story is developing\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

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