- Mozilla Foundation will lay off approximately 30+ employees
- Blamed on ‘relentless onslaught of change’
- The Foundation remains committed to “a healthy internet”
The Mozilla Foundation, a US non-profit affiliated with the company responsible for the Firefox browser, has confirmed that it will lay off almost a third (30%) of its employees.
The decision to reduce staff comes after what the Foundation describes as a ‘relentless onslaught of change’.
It is believed that the Mozilla Foundation now employs 120 employees, meaning the layoffs will affect approximately 36 employees.
Mozilla Foundation will lay off a third of its employees
“The Mozilla Foundation is reorganizing teams to increase agility and impact as we accelerate our work to ensure a more open and equitable tech future for us all,” said Brandon Borrman, Mozilla’s VP of Communications.
“Unfortunately, that means we will have to end some of the work we have pursued in the past and eliminate associated roles to bring greater focus going forward.”
This isn’t the first time Mozilla has laid off employees — Mozilla Corporation, not to be confused with the Foundation, laid off about 60 employees in February 2024 — the equivalent of about 5% of its workforce.
The Corporation is the name many consumers already know, through projects like the Firefox browser and the Thunderbird email client, but it is the Foundation that oversees governance and sets policy.
The Foundation also lobbies for “privacy, inclusivity, literacy and all the principles of a healthy internet,” including more recently, safe AI.
Nabiha Syed, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation, shared in an email with colleagues (via TechCrunch): “Navigating this chaotic, distracting time requires laser focus – and sometimes saying goodbye to the excellent work that got us this far because it won’t get us to the next peak.”
Ny Breaking has asked the Foundation to share further context surrounding the layoffs, but we did not receive an immediate response.