Deadline hears that those dismissed were given 60 days notice, however, they must work for a duration of their employment with a week of severance pay. In previous layoffs, those let go were not expected to work and still received pay when given... — read more 

As per Deadline: https://deadline.com/2023/04/disney-tv-layoffs-day-2-unscripted-marc-buhaj-alicia-martino-1235336554/

I'm very sorry for everyone who is affected, but maybe for some it will really be a blessing in disguise... Given the direction this company is going in, it's only possible to expect things to get worse here, right?

I said this before and I'll say it again, I'm not sure why we need layoffs when we're understaffed as it is. This will not help, this can only make the customer experience worse. Whoever is making these decisions should trade jobs with me just for... — read more 

Disney is laying off several thousand workers across the company this week in the second and largest wave of cuts as part of the media giant’s previously announced plan to slash its workforce by 7,000 employees... — read more 

I am still safe but the anxiety is huge. It's terrible what good people are going through because of bad leadership moves. Did these layoffs really have to happen?

Do we have any idea how many have been notified so far and which departments were hit? I hate having little to no information on something this important. If the leadership cared about us at all or respected us they would keep us informed, whether... — read more 

Perhaps I'm wrong, but for now it seems to me that a lot of hard working and dedicated people are being laid off, instead of the company getting rid of pretenders who do nothing all day long.

May the odds be ever in your favor this week….it’s gonna be a rough one 😞

Cuts will include some on-air talent and management, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The number of layoffs at ESPN is unclear and the decision process is still... — read more 

Walt Disney Co. plans to cut thousands of jobs next week, including about 15% of the staff in its entertainment division, people familiar with the matter said. The cuts will span TV, film, theme parks and corporate positions, and affect every... — read more 

This guy can’t believe that youtube is primarily consumed on televisions and that more people watch youtube than any of the washed up corporate media companies. Also, grumpy cat? Loool that cat has been literally dead longer than YouTube shorts have... — read more 

Are we done or can we expect even more in the following weeks?

Disney The entertainment giant has come under fire time and again for supposed wokeness. They’ve been canceled for redesigning the theme park ride Splash Mountain to make it less racist, adding LGBTQ characters to their family films, and casting a... — read more 

Reportedly, Perlmutter was told that his division — Marvel Entertainment (a small division centered on consumer products and separate from Marvel Studios) was redundant and would be absorbed into other departments at... — read more 

I've said it before and I'll say it once again, we are severely understaffed at parks and we need more people. Without them, customer service is suffering. Hearing that Disney plans to hire 13,000 Cast Members is more than welcome and for once the... — read more 

Multiple sources both inside and outside the Mouse House have told Deadline they are expecting redundancies and budget cuts to come shortly, and that these plans are currently being finalized... — read more 

I see them selling breaking up and selling off pieces thus looking a lot different in the near future. Poor Walt is turning in his grave. bless him. The leaders sent a great company to the sh----r and it will be forever missed in its current... — read more 

I'm not trying to sound unfeeling, I don't wish layoffs on anybody, but if it has to be someone, then employees in China should lose their jobs rather than those of us in America. We'll take the brunt of it anyhow, so any kind of reprieve from the... — read more 

I’m courious if things here will GET any better now that these several high-ranking employees have been cut during the first round ==> https://ktla.com/news/local-news/disney-lays-off-multiple-high-ranking-employees-during-first-wave-of-job-cuts/amp/ — read more 

The whole Disney Beijing office was canned overnight - 100? streaming engineers, including the division that ran D+ ads.

The around 50-person next-generation storytelling and consumer experiences division was created under former CEO Bob Chapek, who once described the metaverse as “the next great storytelling frontier,” according to the Journal. All of the team’s... — read more 

There was talk that many of the laid-off employees will be from streaming, but I'm yet to hear of any major losses at Disney Plus. Are they leaving those employees for last or have the potential numbers been overblown? I'm a cast member and I was... — read more 

Yes or no?

We need to form a union!

Disney will begin informing employees this week that they're being laid off. This will be the first of three rounds of cuts that will amount to 7,000 job losses. Disney is cutting costs after its valuation plummeted last... — read more 

https://deadline.com/2023/03/disney-layoffs-coming-annual-shareholder-meeting-bob-iger-1235303513/

It is important to note that Disney 2023+ is first and foremost DEI-based with regards to Human Resources. It is the new core, the new foundation of this department, and the whole company. DEI is the umbrella that everything else falls under. Ms... — read more 

We'll know who's getting laid off by April. At least I hope I understood that correctly. There is no reason to tell employees there'll be layoffs and then leave them guessing and stressing for months after that. I am not looking forward to layoffs... — read more 

Selling off Hulu, ESPN or both would slim Disney down, placing a sharper focus on its family-friendly superbrands such as Marvel and Star Wars. ————————— Source: https://www.ft.com/content/962ded50-5ffa-4e02-8eaf-1d77e44b4d31

The Walt Disney Company has announced a new Human Resources Director as the company prepares to lay off as many as 7,000 Cast Members and cut up to $5.5 billion in... — read more 

I know contractors and PH were cut. What other sectors or business segments are going to be impacted and when?

This is a major problem for Disney because Iger's state approach is to mitigate risk and leverage existing IP by race- or gender-swapping existing characters. Peter Pan and Wendy is likely to be another bo-b, so there is going to have to be a... — read more 

Woke Disney’s year of enduring box office bo--s, subscriber losses and layoffs It's been a rough year for the Mouse https://www.foxnews.com/media/woke-disneys-year-enduring-box-office-bo--s-subscriber-losses-layoffs

From what I understand, this round of layoffs is phased. It would be nice to know what was hit so far to have some idea of where we are currently in the bigger picture. I wish there was more transparency about the process but that's too much to... — read more 

The company recently announced that it was laying off 7,000 workers to cut operating costs, pulling the rug out from under thousands of employees who had dedicated themselves to their work at Disney. The layoffs were praised by the business... — read more 

People have already been let go, and some are being told their last day is coming up. Why is social media so quiet about it? Why are those let go not speaking up about it? Are they being told not to say anything to avoid negative publicity?