The Walt Disney Company is not limiting its job-cutting measures to its employees in the United States. Related: Multiple Executives Lose Jobs as Layoffs Begin at Disney The latest round of layoffs appears to come from China, where over 300 Beijing-based employees connected to Disney’s streaming services were laid off. According to The Wall Street Journal, people familiar with the matter said ...
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State Reps Worried Disney Layoffs Will Stress Florida’s Unemployment Resources
The Disney layoffs have been the talk of the town since they were announced in February of this year. During the February 8 earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that the Walt Disney Company would be implementing substantial staff reductions, estimated to affect approximately 7,000 employees. The scale of these layoffs has provoked some criticism, with certain parties mocking ...
Read More »Satirical Article Mocks Iger’s Extreme Layoffs
According to the website called Babylon Bee, Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger has gone too far with his extensive layoffs within the Walt Disney Company. The layoffs have recently started, and in a brand-new satirical article, Babylon Bee has teasingly said that “heavy layoffs at Disney have now left Snow White with only three dwarfs in her entourage.” The satirical article mockingly declared ...
Read More »Chapek-Era Division Eliminated: Disney Begins Mass Layoffs
7000-person layoffs are a shocking enough sentiment on their own. But it seems that the Walt Disney Company is taking this task to heart as, in the latest news, the Mouse House is reportedly eliminating an entire division of the company under the initiative. Since the layoffs were first announced during the February 8 earnings call, this news has taken ...
Read More »“There is Life After Disney”: Chapek-Era Employees Share Sorrow, Support Amid Layoffs
The first round of layoffs is finally underway at The Walt Disney Company, but those newly detached from the Mouse House are wasting no time in putting their best foot forward to find their next home. In the course of a few days, we learned that returning Disney CEO Bob Iger and his leadership team would begin terminating 4,000 occupied ...
Read More »Disney World Cast Members Won’t Be Part of the First 4000 Layoffs
Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced major layoffs that the company was going to be instituting; the news was shocking, not only in the magnitude of the number of people being laid off but also as it confirmed that Disney is currently in hot water after their disaster of the past year. While this move took the community ...
Read More »Could Mass Quitting be Incoming, Saving Iger, D’Amaro from Firing Thousands of People?
On February 8, returining CEO Bob Iger confirmed that 7,000 employees would lose their jobs this year, and that number would come from all corners of the vast business landscape beneath The Walt Disney Company’s corporate umbrella, including Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products. The supposed layoff campaign appeared to go into effect almost immediately after the announcement, but recent news ...
Read More »Amid Disney Layoffs and Rumors of Mickey Mouse Being Replaced, Many Question the Safety of Disney
Much has been said about the Disney layoffs that were recently announced. In response to the challenging position that the Walt Disney Company currently finds itself in, fans have questioned whether the top-level C-suite executives would also sacrifice as much as hourly workers. However, in the midst of this, one article has asked a question that, while on the surface ...
Read More »Iger’s Layoffs Start With a Bang
Last week, it was announced by Disney CEO Bob Iger (the Disney leader who had somewhat retired, but returned after the fall from grace involving now-former CEO Bob Chapel) that the Walt Disney Company would be laying off 7,000 of its employees. Disney employees’ dissatisfaction was already well-known, but since many Disney employees (i.e. Cast Members) are reportedly struggling with ...
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