In our post detailing that various different entities that Matt Mullenweg has around WordPress, we quoted an Automattic employee claiming that “the WordPress project is so much more than Automattic and always should be.” But we also noted that “WordPress essentially slots in to Automattic’s organization chart.”

As part of Matt Mullenweg continued posting through his legal trouble, he responded to this question about how someone could apply for a job at Automattic to be the Executive Director of WordPress:

“she wanted to be the Executive Director of WordPress.org for Automattic”

But you own and run and finance WordPress.org personally, as you’ve revealed and talked about numerous times in the last few weeks. I don’t follow, how can Heather apply for a job with Automattic to be the Executive Director of a website you personally own?

If you are familiar with the workings of WordPress, the situation isn’t a hypothetical. That exact position is one Matt Mullenweg created in 2019 and gave to an Automattic employee. They apparently are out both roles as of today. When he did that in 2019, he didn’t disclose their employment at Automattic. A lack of disclosure of important details involving Automattic is a reoccurring issue with him.

Matt Mullenweg’s response was:

Automattic employs ~100 people that work full-time on WordPress.org. I can appoint them into positions on WordPress.org, if I think that’s appropriate.