Disney hit with new round of layoffs after deep cuts in April and July

Deadline also notes that Walt Disney Studios and Disney Entertainment Television have not been affected by this slate of layoffs, though the latter is expected to “undergo a major restructuring” under its new chair, Debra OConnell. D’Amaro’s latest axing spree, which comes after April’s substantial worker cuts that affected Marvel Comics and July’s round of pink slips that trimmed employee numbers at Pixar and National Geographic, is, Deadline says, nothing compared to what D’Amaro’s predecessor, Bob Iger, got up to in 2022, when he celebrated his return as CEO with a gobsmacking number of firings. “They are a fraction of the size of the Disney cuts overseen by Iger soon after he rejoined the company,” Dade Hayes and Nellie Andreeva wrote. “Between 2023 and 2025, some 8,000 workers were let go, helping the company achieve cost savings of $7.5 billion. The savings figure came in far higher than Disney’s initial forecasts.” Well, since you put it that way!