Has anyone picked up on new gossip about layoffs? Things have been unusually quiet for the past month or so, and it feels like it might just be the calm before a big shake-up. Can’t help but worry what’s next.

it's not just disney, there is a ton of companies that are cutting jobs right now.the real estate market is already in trouble and anyone who is in manufacturing is having hard time. they have a page for florida layoffs here at /florida or... — read more 

https://wdwnt.com/2025/06/disney-lays-off-almost-2-of-product-technology-division/

Entertainment giant The Walt Disney Co. has so far this year weathered a series of layoff announcements, likely thanks to new park announcements and improving box office... — read more 

After this whole mess, I'm staying as far away as possible.

There are too many rumors to ignore. I really hope it’s just anxiety and nothing more. If you have any solid information, please share. Everyone on my team is on edge. No one can afford to lose their job right now. We all have financial obligations... — read more 

I read Casting was going to be affected? I’m hoping not recruitment in Florida!

I was laid off a while ago, but I’m curious if severance is still the same or if Disney is skimping on that too. Which honestly wouldn’t surprise me one bit.

With the economic uncertainty, things like streaming and travel for fun will be the first to get cut in the coming months and years. Fewer people will be going to the movies, and even fewer will be visiting the U.S., which means resorts are going to... — read more 

This is a terrible time to lose a job. I hope everyone finds something better - and soon. As a previous poster mentioned, it stings even more given the strong earnings report. It almost feels like they don’t want us to share in the profits we helped... — read more 

arrrgh... how many times is disney gonna pull this garbage? they keep posting record profits then turn around and lay off hundreds of people like it’s just numbers on a spreadsheet... do they even care about the actual humans behind the work? nah, as... — read more 

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/disney-mass-layoffs-tv-film-finance-departments-1236415786/ Disney Layoffs Cut Across TV, Film, Corporate Finance Affecting Hundreds of Employees Disney is swinging the axe again, laying off several hundred... — read more 

I'd like to take that as a good sign, but I'm also a realist and this seems like the calm before the storm more than anything. Anyone else getting that same uneasy sense? Any thoughts of what we might expect or am I really just being paranoid (which... — read more 

ABC News will be hit particularly hard, with the data-driven digital news brand 538 being shuttered, teams from Nightline and 20/20 being consolidated, and all three hours of Good Morning America moving under the same top producer, Simone Swink. The... — read more 

Disneyland management is the worst ! They treat their employees like cr-p. Employees have to kiss management, but to keep their job truly not worth it. Disney is not the way it used to do. They need to lay off all management and start over and as far... — read more 

Is there any place where this info is available? I've been googling for a while but came up emptyhanded.

The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $233 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by Disneyland workers who allege that the Mouse House stiffed them by failing to meet local minimum wage requirements. Disney on Friday approved the... — read more 

I see a lot of people complaining about work and management but I'd be curious if anyone is considering leaving? If yes, where would you go. I think every company has issues and the grass is only maybe a bit greener than here. But at the same time we... — read more 

Anyone would care to chime in with a prediction about potential Disney layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

"Job Family Realignment" Advised I was hired in the wrong Job Family (5 years ago). I should be in another Job Family. $60K in Bonus and LTI taken away. Paycheck cut 25%. They don't care - the reasoning was a bunch of BS.

Disney is facing a class action lawsuit over a significant data breach that reportedly exposed sensitive personal information of thousands of employees and some cruise line... — read more 

ABC Signature Folding Into 20th TV Under Karey Burke; Hulu & ABC Scripted Teams Combining Under Simran Sethi In Major Reorg Resulting In Layoffs https://deadline.com/2024/10/abc-signature-sutdown-karey-burke-hulu-abc-simran-sethi-layoffs-1236104442/ — read more 

Does anybody have any idea what will be hit tomorrow?

More layoff news in what already has been a depressing week. Disney is in the middle of a new wave of cuts as part of a “cost-saving initiative,” sources tell Deadline. We hear about 300 or so people are affected by the layoffs that started... — read more 

Disney Corporate (including Legal and Tech) will be undergoing significant layoffs this week. Rumor has it the target is a 20% budgetary reduction. Layoffs have already begun, and will be ongoing until at least Thursday of this week.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/newsletter/2024-08-20/wide-shot-summer-of-layoffs-paramount-television-studios-the-wide-shot

Pay attention to what is happening over there. Because that tsunami is coming for Warner next, and it will be Disney after that.

‘Borders on the absurd’: Dead woman’s estate rejects Disney’s claim that widower’s Disney+ membership means wrongful death lawsuit must be... — read more 

Animation workers and supporters argued that recent technological and business shifts have left their craft hanging in the balance during a packed union rally in Burbank on Saturday, with one speaker positing that “the American animation industry is... — read more 

"The Mouse House has demanded that “GMA” reduce its bottom line by a whopping $19 million, up from previous projections of $17 million, before the end of Disney’s fiscal year on Sept. 30, an insider with knowledge told The... — read more 

https://tvovermind.com/disneys-deep-cuts-to-abc-news-amid-wider-budget-reductions/

"The company is eliminating about 140 jobs, or about 2% of staff at Disney Entertainment Television, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing nonpublic information. The cuts will fall hardest on networks like NatGeo and... — read more 

Master Services Council, which represents 14,000 Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Downtown Disney employees from four unions, announced late on Monday, July 29 its members had voted to accept a new contract that provides a 31% pay raise... — read more 

we’re getting close to 60 days until the end of the fiscal year… Bob has talked about cuts to TV budgets. If layoffs are coming, they will hit by the end of this week. ... — read more 

https://x.com/pk_kenzie/status/1816261687852556488

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/business/disneyland-workers-strike-authorization/index.html

Pixar Animation Studios is set to lay off 181 workers on July 26, the Employment Development Department in California said. Previously, the Disney-owned Alameda County-based studio had laid off 175 workers in May, which was approximately 14% of its... — read more 

Documents filed by Disney have revealed that its latest Star Wars spinoff series The Acolyte isn't actually a force for equality despite famously featuring a female-centric cast. According to the filings, in early April last year, when production... — read more 

A brief but good read. I figured this would happen sooner or later, given how many lives it ruined or at least complicated for those... — read more