Disney Layoffs 2025 Reddit September. Walt disney co.’s television division is laying off about 2% of its workforce, or 140 people, as the burbank media and entertainment giant continues a companywide. Disney is initiating the second and largest round of its planned layoffs monday and expects to reach 4,000 of its projected 7,000 staff cuts by thursday.

Here’s what investors need to know about the disney layoffs. The cuts are a far cry from the mass layoffs disney conducted in 2023 after bob iger returned as ceo — a companywide reduction in force that targeted the.