Disney lays off a few hundred more employees

The Walt Disney Co. is laying off a few hundred employees across multiple divisions, primarily in human resources and information technology, marking another round of job cuts this year under CEO Josh D’Amaro.

Deadline first reported the layoffs Tuesday, and Variety confirmed them, citing a source familiar with the cuts. The round is smaller than the two earlier this year, and Disney’s television and studio divisions were largely spared, TheWrap reported.

The move follows a warning from company leadership. In an Aug. 5 letter to shareholders accompanying June-quarter results, Mr. D’Amaro and Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston said Disney was evaluating reductions in labor and selling, general and administrative expenses, and described the company as “mid-stream in this work.”

Disney cut about 1,000 jobs in April, after the company consolidated its marketing operations under Chief Marketing and Brand Officer Asad Ayaz. A July round eliminated several hundred more positions across corporate functions, ESPN, Disney Entertainment Television and the studios, with Pixar and National Geographic hit hardest.

In August, Disney also extended an early-retirement offer to longtime executives at the director level and above. The company’s chief people officer told those leaders in a memo that involuntary reductions would continue into next year.

Disney had about 231,000 employees at the end of fiscal 2025, roughly 172,000 of them in the U.S.