The Walt Disney Company has initiated a new round of layoffs, cutting approximately 300 employees primarily in the company’s human resources and technology departments.
The New York Post reports new Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro reportedly kicked off a new round of layoffs on Tuesday and that the Walt Disney Company’s TV division and motion picture studio are not affected by the current staff reductions.
MORE DISNEY LAYOFFS?
Would be third round under the new CEO.
Read his full memo to staff after a strong quarter.
The last time Disney said “groundwork for growth,” it cut jobs in April.
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The cuts are part of a continuous effort to streamline operations and reduce enterprise expenses and are specifically focused on corporate infrastructure and tech roles.
This round of layoffs marks the third major wave of cuts under D’Amaro, who took the helm in March 2026.
Approximately 1,000 jobs were eliminated in April 2026, focusing heavily on a reorganization of the enterprise marketing group.
In July of this year, several hundred additional positions were cut across Pixar, National Geographic, ESPN, and Disney Entertainment Television.
An internal Sept. 18 memo obtained by Deadline where Disney Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez warned of “hard choices” about “staffing investments” and the division becoming “a much smaller organization.”
Gutierrez indicated there would be a “transformation process” that included “automating certain workflows by leveraging the latest technologies,” in an apparent reference to AI.
Speaking at the D23 Expo for the first time as CEO in August, D’Amaro spoke about the company’s ambition to keep creating memories linked with Disney.
D’Amaro said, “We’re not here waiting for the future. We’re building it. We’re actually building it right now. We have new stories for you coming, experiences that will literally take your breath away, announcements that will make you lean forward and ask that person that’s sitting next to you, ‘Did you hear that? Can you believe they’re going to do that?’”
Disney employed more than 231,000 people at the end of fiscal 2025, with 172,000 workers in the United States and 59,000 employees employed internationally.
