The Mozilla Foundation has made big cuts to its team. The 30 percent staff reduction will completely eliminate the nonprofit's global programs and advocacy divisions, according to an internal email sent by Mozilla Foundation CEO Nabiha Syed. TechCrunch reported the news, and Mozilla confirmed the cuts in a statement to that publication, as well as to Engadget.
“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 all of us,” according to the statement from Brandon Borrman, vice president of communications at Mozilla. “Unfortunately, that means ending some of the work we have done historically and eliminating associated roles to focus more on the future.”
While the standalone defense division will end, Mozilla affirmed its commitment to that work. “We want to clarify that the restructuring has not diminished advocacy; on the contrary, advocacy remains a central tenet of the Mozilla Foundation's work and we are in the process of reviewing our approach to this,” Bowman said in an additional comment.
The Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization under the larger Mozilla umbrella; Mozilla Corporation is the branch responsible for the Firefox browser. In February, Mozilla announced it would lay off about 60 workers, primarily on the product development team.
Update, November 5, 2024, 4:56 pm ET: The post has been updated with additional comments from Mozilla.
