10 月 4 日消息，WordPress 聯合創(chuàng)始人兼 Automattic 公司 CEO 馬特?穆倫維格（Matt Mullenweg）近日向與自己就針對 WP Engine 的斗爭意見相左的員工提供了離職補償金，金額為 3 萬美元或 6 個月工資（取較高者）。穆倫維格周四晚上更新信息稱，共有 159 名員工接受了該提議，占公司總人數的 8.4%。
Automattic 負責運營 WordPress.com 及其商業(yè)服務，近期與第三方主機托管服務商 WP Engine 陷入公開爭執(zhí)。穆倫維格將 WP Engine 稱為 WordPress 社區(qū)的“毒瘤”，并禁止其訪問 WordPress.org。他聲稱 WP Engine 侵犯了 WordPress 商標，并且批評其未回饋 WordPress 開源項目。作為回應，由私募股權公司 Silver Lake 持股的 WP Engine 于周三對穆倫維格和 Automattic 提起訴訟，指控其敲詐勒索。Automattic 則稱該訴訟“毫無根據”。
“Silver Lake 和 WP Engine 對我以及 Automattic 的攻擊毫無根據，但卻奏效了，”穆倫維格寫道，“很明顯，Automattic 公司的不少同事不同意我的做法和舉措?！彼寙T工在 10 月 3 日之前決定是否要離開公司，離職員工將無法重新受雇。
根據穆倫維格的說法，離職主要影響了公司的 WordPress 生態(tài)系統(tǒng)部門，接受離職補償金的員工中有 79.2% 來自該部門?！斑@周就像過山車一樣，”穆倫維格寫道，“不過現在我感覺輕松了很多。我感謝所有接受離職補償金的同事，對于那些拒絕 1.26 億美元的補償金而選擇留下的員工，我更是感到振奮。”
此外，WordPress 執(zhí)行董事約瑟法?哈登?喬姆福西（Josepha Haden Chomphosy）確認已經離開公司。
On October 4th, it was reported that Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, recently offered severance packages of $30,000 or 6 months’ salary (whichever is higher) to employees who disagreed with him regarding the conflict with WP Engine. Mullenweg updated on Thursday night that a total of 159 employees, accounting for 8.4% of the company’s total workforce, accepted the offer. Automattic, which operates WordPress.com and its commercial services, has recently been involved in a public dispute with WP Engine, a third-party hosting service provider. Mullenweg described WP Engine as a “cancer” within the WordPress community and banned it from accessing WordPress.org. He alleged that WP Engine violated WordPress trademarks and criticized it for not contributing back to the WordPress open-source project. In response, WP Engine, owned by private equity firm Silver Lake, filed a lawsuit against Mullenweg and Automattic on Wednesday, accusing them of extortion. Automattic described the lawsuit as “baseless.”
“The attacks by Silver Lake and WP Engine against me and Automattic are baseless, but they have worked,” Mullenweg wrote. “It is evident that many colleagues at Automattic disagree with my actions and initiatives.” He gave employees until October 3rd to decide whether they wanted to leave the company, noting that departing employees would not be eligible for rehire.
According to Mullenweg, the departures primarily affected the company’s WordPress ecosystem department, with 79.2% of the employees accepting the severance packages coming from that department. “This week has been like a roller coaster,” Mullenweg wrote. “But now I feel a lot lighter. I am grateful to all colleagues who accepted the severance packages, and I am even more excited about the employees who chose to stay despite turning down $126 million in compensation.”
Additionally, Josepha Haden Chomphosy, the executive director of WordPress, confirmed her departure from the company.
