Disney begins job cuts with goal of eliminating 7 000 positions

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Disney begins job cuts with goal of eliminating 7 000 positions
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WaltDisney has begun the first of what is expected to be 7 000 job cuts, a key part of a $5.5 billion savings drive the company announced in February. Moneyweb JobCuts

Walt Disney Co. has begun the first of what is expected to be 7 000 job cuts, a key part of a $5.5 billion savings drive the company announced in February. The first group of employees will be notified over the next four days, Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger said in a memo to staff on Monday. A second, larger round will happen in April, impacting several thousand workers. The last of the affected workers will receive notice before summer.

He has given more power to creative leaders such as Dana Walden, who heads the TV business, and Alan Bergman, who runs the film studios. The first round of job reductions included two senior vice presidents who led production at Hulu and the Freeform network, respectively. Their work will be consolidated in another part of the TV division. In addition, a unit that licensed books, podcasts and other stories for TV shows was dissolved.

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