SaysWho? Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024 | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company Quote While sources at the company said the layoffs would be significant and as high as 20% — or reductions that would see Pixar’s team of 1,300 dropped to under 1,000 over the coming months — Pixar says those numbers are too high. Rather, the studio said the number of impacted employees is still being determined due to factors like production schedules and staffing for future greenlit films. The studio stressed the layoffs are not imminent, but will take place later this year as Pixar focuses on making less content. According to insiders, the Pixar layoffs include headcount that was hired for Disney+ — hires Disney pushed on Pixar to produce for its streaming division, which hasn’t yet turned a profit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Happy new year! Get the fuck out. Nuts that this is the 4th time I've used this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 28 minutes ago, Bacon said: Happy new year! Get the fuck out. Nuts that this is the 4th time I've used this. Here's your 5th time: Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Engineering and Assistant teams were impacted too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Just now, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Here's your 5th time: Google confirms it just laid off around a thousand employees - The Verge WWW.THEVERGE.COM Engineering and Assistant teams were impacted too 32 minutes ago, Bacon said: Happy new year! Get the fuck out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Disney -- the studio that used to release good movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbob42 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Lay off the woooorld baby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Oh man, I can't wait to post in the gearbox lay off thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 I wonder what this means for PIXAR as a whole going forward & whether or not it will impact Inside Out 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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