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Automattic offered employees another chance to quit over WordPress drama


Maybe the last offer needed to be higher.

Additionally, 404 Media reports that in July, Mullenweg redirected incoming emails from Blind, a site where workers can anonymously discuss their workplace, to his own inbox. Employees signing up for or logging intothe platform using their company email (which the site requires) reportedly had to ask Mullenweg for the authentication codes. The CEO has since waged a public campaign against WP Engine, leading the company to file a lawsuit that accuses Automattic and Mullenweg of “abuse of power, extortion, and greed.”

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