Heard it happened this morning

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 

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

Heard lay offs at dco

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 

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 

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 

Layoffs will be announced today, probably in merchandise. Stay tuned

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

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

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

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 

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

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 

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 

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 

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 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAHtNQo3eog

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

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/

Contractors are running the show and reporting directly to the VP. Cast members are being repeatedly brushed aside. I really think they are preparing for another round of layoffs.

I am a disappointed shareholder and here is what I was told Thank you for contacting us regarding recent media reports about the information technology restructuring at Disney Parks. We greatly value the contributions of our Cast Members. We take... — read more 

Many of our folks were let go, many stellar performers were cut so Indian resources working for HCL and Cognizant can bring in more folks on H1B visas and being paid 60k, and very poor benefits. Disney has no loyalty to crew members, they say they do... — read more 

There are rumors about layoffs at Club Penguin virtual world - Los Angeles, England and Canada may be affected.

I have a friend that works for Disney in the IT group and wanted to ask him if I can use his discount to buy some movies. I do not want to ask him if I do not have to, so wanted to find out how much is Disney employee discount. Anybody has more info?

I need to find my soul I sold

We are cutting 184 jobs in local ad sales and operations - cannot be a bigger cut - Disney is brutal - closing / selling as well

OBOX Solutions is an IT Staffing company currently hiring for a number of clients. We are looking for talented IT Engineers, Developers, Project Managers, Business Analysts and QAs.We also are hiring for several levels of Management. Send your resume... — read more 

the mouse is angry, disney never kids and cuts promptly - the execs here have no remorse

Epic Mickey 2 was not that much fun, and had some major issues and glitches. I never even heard of the Tron game, so it must have blown. Disney Infinity is fun, but flawed. Leveling up the character after completing the missions is tedious, very time... — read more 

The LA Times just published on this topic - there is a lengthy article in the WSJ as well. It looks like we'll go through the cuts this week, but let's wait and see. The LAT noted several hundred to be cut, yet no WARN notices have been filed so I'd... — read more 

It looks like 60 will be go here at Pixar HQ in Emeryville... Back in October we shut down Pixar Canada (Vancouver), roughly 80 folks. That's 140 this year. Pixar has 1200 employees, you do the math, it's over 10%. 2014 might be even tougher

Back in August we had news about roughly 200 people to be cut from ABC Family Channel, Disney Channel, ABC (proper) and other companies - any news on this?

This is a straight up hire and fire company. Which is fine if you are paying top dollar for talent but Disney does not, and instead leans on its name. Unfortunately, it also attracts lower quality people overall and those that do stay around are... — read more 

This is a straight up hire and fire company. Which is fine if you are paying top dollar for talent but Disney does not, and instead leans on its name. Unfortunately, it also attracts lower quality people overall and those that do stay around are... — read more 

The company’s ongoing review has identified areas to change in its travel policy and is exploring a hiring freeze instead of layoff.

Back in January Disney started to look into different cost cutting options, it's likely studio folks will be affected but the move and layoffs will not be limited to the studio. The rumor is that some redudancies will take place due to the tech... — read more