Mozilla brings in a lot of money and they're sitting on a pile of cash. There's nothing even remotely close to pressure to become lean. They could double the CEO compensation and it wouldn't even be noticed. They have the opposite problem, a lot of money but not enough worthwhile ventures to invest it in.
Everyone I know who works on Firefox says their team is understaffed and people are not always being replaced when they leave. They could stand to invest a lot more (or more efficiently) into their core product.
Could they hire more people to ask Firefox users what they want Mozilla to work on? They’d probably say Firefox features and bug fixes. There are people who could do the work in exchange for some of that money. I don’t think this is a case of too much money chasing too little profits, which seems to be what you’re suggesting.
