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WordPress cofounder is paying employees to leave if they disagree with him
Over 8 percent of Automattic left.
Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg offered employees $30,000 or six months of salary to leave the company if they didn’t agree with his battle against WP Engine. On Wednesday, WP Engine, which is owned by the private equity company Silver Lake, followed up with a lawsuit that accuses Mullenweg and Automattic of extortion. “It became clear a good chunk of my Automattic colleagues disagreed with me and our actions.” Mullenweg gave employees until October 3rd to decide whether they wanted to leave the company.
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