Posted on 04/24/2023 5:24:01 PM PDT by Morgana
The Walt Disney Co. will be laying off several thousand employees this week, a second round of cuts that's part of a previously announced plan to eliminate 7,000 jobs this year.
The latest employee releases will take place Monday through Thursday, according to Disney officials. The company will have reached approximately 4,000 job cuts when factoring in both the first and second rounds of layoffs.
The job eliminations are taking place across various business segments, including entertainment, ESPN, parks, experiences and products.
One of the most publicized layoffs including ESPN VP/Corporate Communications Mike Soltys.
Soltys had been with the network for 43 of its 44 years on the air and was the network's second-longest tenured employee.
In a tweet Monday, Soltys wrote: 'My final statement as ESPN Spokesperson: '43 Amazing Years. Wow. We wish him well.'
The cuts are also occurring in various locations, including Burbank, California, New York and Connecticut.
The company previously said that it doesn't expect the job cuts to impact hourly frontline operations roles at its parks and resorts.
Disney anticipates a third round of job cuts starting before the beginning of the summer in order to hit the 7,000 eliminations target.
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ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH Amigos!!!
I hope they fire Mickey and replace him with Minnie in drag.
Worked over 4 decades. Time to retire, cmon.
Let’s destroy disney now. Looking forward to more leftists being fired.
Go woke. Go broke.
Stopped ESPN (radio, cable, etc) many, many moons ago. Every so often, I will tune in for a moment and confirm the idiot, woke, racist creepozoids still run that asylum.
“Disney braces for a layoff bloodbath...”
Always appreciate good news.
Too bad there aren’t conservative alternatives to replace all of the woke companies. Yuengling beer being a great alternative to Bud Lite seems to be an exception.
The left buys and destroys them when they come along
I have my fair share of antipathy for Disney, but considering the number of companies and employees under the Disney umbrella, I think that creaming in one’s pants over 7k layoffs is a bit premature.
I still see help Wanted signs in 80% of the businesses I see. McDonalds is HIRING!!
related thread:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/4148107/posts?page=1
“Disneyland Announces First-ever ‘Pride Nite’ Will Take Place in June”
“Pass the popcorn, and a Blue Ribbon Beer”
Because the only beer you can buy at Disneyworld is Bud Light.
Got you PBR right here, Morgana! And one for the poor sap getting the sack after 40 years.
It’s an employment bloodbath all over today.
ESPN was going to be hit hard. ESPN needs to be spun off. It needs to be leaner and Disney/ABC is not helping. Rasmussen is rolling in his grave if he knew what. ESPN became.
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