[lowercased]

> I really don't like to speculate on executive pay, but I'm pretty baffled why this is seen as such a big deal.

They lay off 250+ people - many of whom are the very people needed to make the technical improvements many users desire - while the executives get pay raises. You wonder why it's a 'big deal'?

[dveditz_]

Did the execs get raises after the layoffs? About half the ones that were at Mozilla at that time are gone now.