LayoffsMar 27, 2023
SnowflakeIANAHB2

Which Teams at Disney Got Cut?

So the 7,000 lay off mission officially began today with Iger stating it would carry through April before it’s all said and done. Curious to know which teams have been impacted. I will update as I see confirmation from others. As of 04/18/2023: initial rounds were done end of March, but the large bulk of the 7K will happen in April. April layoffs now expected to begin early next week. Teams Impacted [updated 04/27/2023] • Next-Gen Storytelling (50 employees) • AMA • Beijing team (legacy Hulu) • Advanced Research Team • Disney Entertainment #Disney #layoff #entertainment

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xMicro$oft Mar 27, 2023

Hopefully the people making business and product decisions were the only ones cut. 😞

Angi pmpknspyce Mar 27, 2023

Did the 7k count the RTO people that chose to leave?

Snowflake IANAHB2 OP Mar 27, 2023

Good question. Going to take a guess and say no. Leadership probably betting that those people who voluntarily leave, would just be additional to the 7K.

Hulu KinksRus Mar 27, 2023

No voluntary leave program. So yeah anyone who leaves is outside the 7k number.

Hulu KinksRus Mar 27, 2023

Disney employee here. AMA.

Disney warblex Mar 28, 2023

What happened? You doing ok?

Disney friendoo Mar 28, 2023

No❤️

Hulu KinksRus Mar 27, 2023

We really won’t know this week. The 7k is in 3 waves. Wave 1 is this week. Seems to be focused on cutting out whole teams that are not needed. This wave is smaller. Next wave is middle of April. That’s the big one. Last wave in June will be a small one. Morale is absolute shit.

Disney CWac51 Mar 28, 2023

Ooof hoping for the best for you - I hear Hulu is in the dark. Agreed on your morale note. I’m in studios, now known at Disney entertainment. We are all just waiting. Seems like our immediate team is safe, but who knows what April and June will bring.

Snowflake IANAHB2 OP Mar 28, 2023

I feel for everyone that have been probably on edge since the announcement on the earnings call. Truly crappy to announce it for the first time on an earnings call, let alone wait this long to carry out the action. Also heard the severance is pretty 💩 too; 1 week for every year of service. Then again, was not expecting them to be generous at all.

Disney CWac51 Mar 28, 2023

The 7k number means any full time position that is filled or was an open position. Meaning if open positions are closed, that counts as a reduction of the 7k. This was confirmed by a VP. There are also dollar amount budgets as targets that are still being targeted for FY23.

Indeed layoff! Mar 28, 2023

That's good then. How many open positions did Disney have?

Disney Streaming Services harry777 Mar 28, 2023

Round 3k

Disney CWac51 Mar 28, 2023

@ianahb2 not sure if the severance amount changes in this type of scenario, but the general packages are posted in DToolsHR. I believe it is by job level and then tenure. So the lowest amount was for positions lower than a manager for 5 years or less came out to 4 weeks severance pay. Managers that were 5 years or less get 6 weeks and so on.

Snowflake IANAHB2 OP Mar 28, 2023

Thanks for the clarity. Someone in another post informed me incorrectly unless that is what they were offered, which would be crappy.

Meta locometa Mar 28, 2023

Just WARN is 8 weeks, how can they get away with 4.

Blue Origin blueyblu Mar 28, 2023

What is WARN?

Disney Streaming Services hnGI04 Mar 28, 2023

“The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act helps ensure advance notice in cases of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs. “

Snowflake IANAHB2 OP Mar 28, 2023

Anyone (internal Disney) know what other groups or teams impacted? I would have thought for sure DMD would be impacted.

Disney XQba06 Mar 28, 2023

What is DMD?

Disney Streaming Services loonie Mar 28, 2023

I think they mean DMED. And all teams are being considered, only “safe” roles are the hourly parks & resorts employees.

Disney Streaming Services iliS10 Mar 28, 2023

snowflake you are for sure missing out on the internal disney blind chats discussing this…not sure why you don’t update your company

Snowflake IANAHB2 OP Mar 28, 2023

Doesn’t Blind send a confirmation to your company email to then be accepted to the internal channel?

Disney Streaming Services iliS10 Mar 28, 2023

they do! I don’t see the real harm though. internal blind is going off about beijing teams being laid off right now, so if you’re okay with the information delay then 🤷‍♂️ I think everyone will get tired of cross posting information to public channels though

Disney Streaming Services randodss Mar 28, 2023

Advanced research team was impacted

Angi pmpknspyce Mar 29, 2023

What did this team do (research-wise)?

Disney Streaming Services LsXh28 Apr 8, 2023

Advanced stuff