If you wondering about those rumors about Automattic giving a "generous" severance package if they don’t agree with his behavior, it was true.

On his blog post (https://ma.tt/2024/10/alignment/ ):

159 people took the offer, 8.4% of the company, the other 91.6% gave up $126M of potential severance to stay!

Sure a percentage of that are probably those who have a new job lined up) or on a PIP (or just a way we are going to fire you eventually or layoff). There is probably a good chunk that had enough of his antics.

Sure, Matt claims at 1892 of the remaining people support his crusade and burning WordPress to the ground. I can argue they didn't take it because they need to make a living, and there could be employees that don’t like his behavior, but don't have a choice because they need the money. Job market is kind of hard, especially in tech.

159 people is a huge chunk to loose, for a relatively small company that is probably losing a lot of money.

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