Oh, did not expect that: The Automattic Board put Mullenweg on leave of absence.
https://www.404media.co/wordpress-automattic-ceo-matt-mullenweg-put-on-leave-of-absence/
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@tante wow! Good, I imagine.
@tante I expected it two years ago. The surprising part is, why now?
@tante Pity they didn't do it year ago before he drove the company into the ground by sheer force of his own personal insane actions. Boards put up with rogue CEOs who are demonstrably doing terrible things to their business for far too long. It really calls into question the basic structures of corporate governance that one can be as malign an actor as he was and have it go on for years.
@tante Hopefully his replacement is at least like. SOMEWHAT less deranged about trans women existing on tumblr.
@tante I love it when a board does its job.
@tante I was thinking “seems overdue” and then read the article for details and *wow*, my man sure is messy
@tante paid leave... there's room for improvement 😏
(a good start tho)