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159 employees are leaving Automattic as CEO's fight with WP Engine escalates | TechCrunch

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Matt Mullenweg says 159 Automattic employees accepted a severance package for those who disagreed with his direction of WordPress and his handling of tussle with web hosting provider WP Engine .

Nearly 80% of those who took the offer worked in the company’s Ecosystem / WordPress division, and the rest were in the Cosmos businesses, consisting of apps like Pocket Casts , Day One, Tumblr and Cloudup .