Another group of Walt Disney World employees have been hit with walking papers. The latest group of layoffs comes to 100 painters from Walt Disney World. Disney is blaming this on traditional park hour differences in the less busy months, not the drop in quarterly earnings with ESPN or the delayed
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Planet Hollywood in Disney Springs to Layoff Over 450 Employees
Planet Hollywood in Disney Springs has filed notice with the state that they are laying off 468 people by January 19th. They will be closed for 6 months for an extensive renovation. The people that are layed off will be given first priority when the hiring process begins again. We do
ESPN Sports Network is Planning a Huge Layoff
ESPN Sports Network is owned by The Walt Disney Company, as many of you know. They are planning on eliminating 350 positions. They currently employ about 8,000 people around the globe. Disney has the 2nd biggest stake in sports programming with $44.2 billion. They are saying rising costs and not
Layoffs hit Disney’s Club Penguin
Disney Interactive has laid off some employees that work on Club Penguin. These layoffs happened in Los Angeles, England and Canada. But it’s still operating, and today British Columbian local news outlet Castanet reports that 30 people at Disney Canada have lost their jobs as well. More layoffs are supposed to
Disney Interactive Studios plans to layoff hundreds of workers
Disney Interactive Studios has plans to lay off several hundred members, mostly from the Playdom social games division. While Disney Infinity, the action figure based video game has been popular and successful, the social game division has not seen as much success. John Pleasants, co-president of Interactive, was the former CEO
