In recent months, dozens of giant companies, from Amazon to Google, from Meta to Microsoft, have laid off thousands of their employees under the guise of cutting costs. As this bad period in the industry continues, such a move will soon come from Disney, one of the largest media companies in the world, and 7000 people It was announced that he would be fired.

Today there has been an important development with regard to these mass layoffs. The company’s CEO, Bob Iger, announced in a memo to his employees this week that the workforce will be cut. This is the company It will be the first of their layoffs, which will be divided into three in total.. About 7,000 people will be evicted as a result of all three.

To cut costs, Disney laid off 7,000 at the beginning of the summer.

In Iger’s note, “This week, we begin notifying employees whose jobs have been impacted by the company’s workforce reduction. Administrators, next immediately within four days will bring the news to the first group of affected employees” Using his statements, he said he will find out this week whether any employees will be laid off.

Iger, if your second are fired in April He said it will happen and will affect more than a few thousand workers. In the continuation of the note, the final layoffs that will reach the target of 7,000 be carried out before the start of summer declared requested.

The move to lay off 7,000 people was first announced in February. In the statement made at the time, Disney’s said media and distribution division, parks and facilities, and giant sports channel ESPN was reported to be affected. American media giant Cost savings of $5.5 billion He added that he had taken this step as part of his plans.