Note that the Wikimedia Foundation People (HR) department is well aware that the recent cut-down in hiring countries was an unpopular change internally, and presumably are aware that the way it was handled has been a significant driver of unionization interest among both US and non-US staff.
I look forward to continuing to work with the People department internally on this matter and continue to hope for a solution that restores our ability to hire out of the talent pool of experienced Wikimedia community members and others in the countries that have been removed. -- brooke vibber Staff Software Architect Readers Growth Product & Tech Wikimedia Foundation On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 1:51 PM pthombley--- via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am Paloma Thombley and I work in human resources at the People > Department at the Wikimedia Foundation. Others have already shared many of > the reasons why such changes are needed. We have added more detail on > Meta-Wiki and welcome discussion on the talk page about the recent change > to be more strategic about the countries where the Foundation supports > hiring - link is here: < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation/People/2026_Hiring_Locations> > . > > Best regards, > Paloma > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/HFNSB34K6JHTHKPNB7Y3S6BCYE3LYNBC/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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