NEWS: Disney Lays Off Hundreds of Employees, and Pixar Is Taking The Brunt

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According to Deadline, Disney has cut several hundred jobs, with Pixar and National Geographic being the most affected.

©Pixar | Disney

This report comes shortly after ESPN let go of staffers as a result of a deal with the NFL. A person familiar with the situation told Deadline that staffers at Disney Entertainment Television and Studios have been notified of the layoffs.

Most of the people affected were at National Geographic, both at the cable network as well as editorial and operations. About a dozen ABC News staffers have also been impacted, with isolated layoffs in other Disney Entertainment Television divisions.

©National Geographic

National Geographic laid off about 60 people, or 13% of its staff, in 2024. Also in 2024, Pixar cut about 175 employees, or around 14% of their staff, as they scaled back their direct-to-consumer series. In April, Disney cut about 1,000 employees in marketing functions across Disney’s studios, TV networks, ESPN, product and technology, and corporate groups.

The Walt Disney Company headquarters in California

In April, Josh D’Amaro, who recently succeeded Bob Iger as CEO of The Walt Disney Company, said, “Over the past several months, we have looked at ways in which we can streamline our operations in various parts of the company to ensure we deliver the world-class creativity and innovation our fans value and expect from Disney. Given the fast-moving pace of our industries, this requires us to constantly assess how to foster a more agile and technologically-enabled workforce to meet tomorrow’s needs.”

Josh D’Amaro at Destination D23, 2023 ©Disney

Unfortunately, layoffs are not unheard of at Disney, across many departments and brands. We hear this type of news frequently throughout the year, with hundreds of employees being laid off. In June 2025, no teams were eliminated, but several hundred employees were laid off. It was the fourth round of layoffs in 10 months and the biggest of those layoffs.

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