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Disney has laid off between 100 and 200 employees in its Experiences division, which includes theme parks, resorts and cruise lines. The majority of the cuts affected workers at the Imagineering campus in Glendale. A person familiar with the decision said the layoffs were mostly project-based, as the division reprioritizes workflows across its projects. The move follows a voluntary early retirement offer to employees at or above the director level who are 50 or older with at least 10 years at the company.
Disney had 231,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2025, with about 80% working in Experiences. The Experiences division reported over $10 billion in revenue and more than $3 billion in profit in its latest earnings. Josh D’Amaro, who oversees the division and became CEO in March, has led multiple rounds of layoffs since April, including cuts at Pixar, National Geographic, and in tech and HR. Internal memos from September signaled further reductions, with Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez stating the legal division would become a much smaller organization.
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