Topics regarding layoffs at Disney

Topics regarding layoffs at Disney

Media Distribution. 60 laid off...

The Axe Falls. 60 Cut. https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/disney-layoffs-hit-nearly-60-in-media-distribution-division-1203318688/ In the further wake of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment portfolio, Disney has laid off nearly... — read more 

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Layoffs are certainly happening...

Merger related layoffs - and definitely not just on the 21st Century Fox’s side. In the further wake of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment portfolio, Disney has laid off nearly 60 employees, Variety has learned, within its Media... — read more 

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Even more hour cuts at Disney Theme Parks?

We've heard there might be even more cuts to hours at a bunch of locations - is this true? There was also some talk about layoffs, but I honestly can't see them cutting any more people - we are working bare-boned as it is. I would really... — read more 

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The Disney Way

What they've done in past re-orgs and currently doing in Burbank, is laying off departments but telling the victims that their jobs are being "reclassified" and they are welcomed to interview. Then Disney hires back the more junior employees thus... — read more 

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Disney Music Group

Laid off 4 people this week. At least two promotion regionals.

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Walt Disney Company Seattle Technology

Disney outsourcing again. Replacing American workers with foreigners using HCL and ATOS. Disguised as Fox merger but latest people laid off were in Seattle Tech office and had nothing to do with Fox!

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| 1870 views | | 2 replies (last September 18, 2019)
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Seattle D office shedding people

Looks like the Seattle office is shedding some people. Not many details except all involved were told “last day” and a handful were told to stay behind to document and transition work.

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Where are we with layoffs at Disney?

I honestly thought the majority of those laid off will be from Fox, but it looks like I was wrong. Film staff is being cut all around, but from what I can see, our numbers are really not negligible. Any chance somebody knows if more is planned any... — read more 

Another Round

https://deadline.com/2019/05/disney-layoffs-fox-new-round-beginning-1202615690/

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Poverty level wages for well qualified cast members

Working at a Disney might be a dream job,for Pluto or Mickey, but the wages aren’t enough to live on for some Disneyland employees in real life, welcome to the modern Job slavery called Disney

A touch of Charm

No layoffs? Huh? Go talk to IT... https://deadline.com/2019/03/new-disney-tv-chief-peter-rice-no-wide-scale-layoffs-town-hall-1202583695/

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Incoming Disney/Fox layoffs

Do we know for sure majority of layoffs will be at Fox or should we be worried as well? I'm assuming at least some Disney employees will be affected, but I believe the majority will be from Fox. I could be wrong about it, though. Does anybody have... — read more 

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Welcome to Poverty

Disney is the quintessential staffing agency when it comes to the very worst traits of a staffing industry that has exploded since corporations became rabidly obsessed with cutting costs and systematically denying workers decent wages and benefits... — read more 

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CA eCommerce technical support

Wages at$10 hourly, Disney should move operations to India, I am sure they are making money out of Americans, while more than half of their workers have food stamps assistance from the state

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DDN Cuts

There you go, this is due to the Fox acquisition, about 20 will be cut... Disney Digital Network has been hit with layoffs impacting just under 20 staffers, TheWrap has learned. The layoffs, which come ahead of Disney’s acquisition of a large portion... — read more 

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More and more layoffs at Disney

Am I the only one noticing a pattern emerging here? Every two or so months we hear about more layoffs at one of the Disney divisions. This has been going on for a while now. Is this the new norm nowadays? Should we always fear that in a month or two... — read more 

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DCPI Layoffs

Individuals being called in one by one and are being laid off.

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Major layoffs at Disney after merger

In case somebody was wondering how badly we'll be hit as part of the 21st Century Fox acquisition, here's your answer. Looks like 1700 people will be out of a job... — read more 

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DisneyToon Studios layoffs

Disney is closing DisneyToon Studios. While I understand that the demand for direct-to-video is giving way to streaming services, I can't understand why this unit was not simply transitioned to work on new movies exclusively for the streaming... — read more 

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Disney Store in Monmouth Mall closing

Anybody knows how many people are affected by this? Disney Store is closing its store at the Eatontown mall "on or before" June 18, the store said on a sign near the door... — read more 

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Living wages?

How many layoffs will jump in wages cause? http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney-shareholders-demonstration-20180308-story.html

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Orlando Layoffs Pile Up - 145 Laid Off

See the link below for details. This 145 new layoffs that are hitting Orlando, we'll see what 2018 brings but it's not a good start for anyone: https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2017/11/17/heres-why-disney-plans-to-lay-off-145-workers.html

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Disney Layoffs 2018

Are you kidding me? Another round of job cuts in Burbank.

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MASSIVE layoffs coming to Disney in mid-December

the rumors are true. There are massive layoffs unlike any ever seen at Disney coming in mid-December. The politicized hatred of our lawfully elected President Donald J. Trump has caught up the the corporation and several thousand layoffs will occur... — read more 

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Disney To Cut 200 Jobs at ABC

Walt Disney would be cutting about 200 jobs. Following the news, the stock entered red territory and ended down 1.64% on about 11 million shares traded on Oct. 12, 2017. http://alphastreet.com/b003560d

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ABC to start with mass layoffs soon

They are going after ABC - ABC is bleeding money and they will need to start controlling things over there - this is gonna get brutal very quickly and I'd expect cuts in 1000s - not sure how many folks they have - I am guessing at least 10,000 but it... — read more 

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Disney Apps

I don't understand how Disney continues to support it's app division while having layoffs in other divisions. As soon as a new app is released, it has so many technical issues, it never stays popular for long. The apps either had a ridiculous price... — read more 

Disney ABC layoffs September 2016

No posts here but there are layoffs in ABC right now (September '16) - there are many rumors that 2017 will be brutal so get ready if you work for ABC. Not sure about the rest of Disney, they have pretty aggressive when it comes to job cuts - any... — read more 

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| 2880 views | | 6 replies (last February 17, 2017)
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Does Disney care about cast members?

I am a Disney Photopass cast member, I cannot share more details about myself as I do not want to get laid off or terminated because I am sharing this info. Anyhow, here is a gem our management came up with. The starting pay for Photopass cast... — read more 

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Disney Layoffs 2016

What is the likelihood of Disney layoffs in Burbank in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

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More H1B Mess On Disney's Hands - It's a shame!!!

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/07/exclusive-displaced-cast-member-how-disney-replaced-me-other-americans-with-cheap-foreigners-on-h1b-visas/

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