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Seems unlikely. The layoffs happened before they got a new deal: https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/15/21370020/mozilla-google-firefox-search-engine-browser http

• fooker 6y ago
  >Now they can bring people back. Or they can increase executive compensation. How far in advance do you think these deals are decided before public announcement?
• infinityplus1 6y ago
  Anyone who left isn't coming back. They would now go for better opportunities.
• macspoofing 6y ago
  You think they didn't know this deal was going to be signed before they announced their layoffs?
• contravariant 6y ago
  Now I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to managing companies so I can't be sure if that is the right move or not. However surely any management that announces massive lay-offs to then turn around and hire those same people back a few weeks later would have to be deemed blatantly incompetent (if not malicious)?