No other way of putting it, Moz is in terminal decline and is circling the drain.
The recent mass layoff (28% of the company) while touted
as 'focus' is nothing but a desperate attempt to reduce expenses
to try and make it at least end of the year.
The reasons are pretty simple, Moz is becoming increasingly irrelevant. It's a natural cycle all companies go through, but tech companies simply go through it faster. Moz's core business is shrinking fast and no amount of 'focus', 'reorganization to ensure better alignment' etc is going to help.
Of course, it does not help that management has no real clue. While the going was good, atrocious practices like favoring a few for their loyalty rather than competence, demanding extreme accountability from some, but none at all from a favored few, blowing insane amounts of money on pie in the sky projects that 'align with the founder's vision' etc did not sink the company. Now with the core business gone, these things have poured gas on the flames.
If you do decide to interview, ask them a few of these questions.
1) How much cash do they have left ? What's the burn rate.
2) How many executives (both technical and non technical) have they lost in the last two years
3) Why was the latest funding round drastically lower than the previous one ? (look up the details on their blog)
4) How many reorgs have they done in the last two years
5) How many of the companies (and products) they acquired are still with the company.
6) Also, do yourself a favor and talk to an ex employee, with the latest round of layoffs, they should be easy to find.
