Disney will lay off 28,000 employees at Disneyland and Walt Disney World as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns.
Disney parks head Josh D’Amaro announced the layoffs today in a statement and a letter to employees.
The statement included a deserved swipe at the mini-Mao Claifornia Governor Gavin Newsom.
“In light of the prolonged impact of COVID-19 on our business, including limited capacity due to physical distancing requirements and the continued uncertainty regarding the duration of the pandemic — exacerbated in California by the State’s unwillingness to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen — we have made the very difficult decision to begin the process of reducing our workforce at our Parks, Experiences and Products segment at all levels, having kept non-working Cast Members on furlough since April, while paying healthcare benefits,” D’Amaro said in the statement.
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Wait a minute. D World is in FLA!! Didn't they open up?
ReplyDeleteOf course, D - LAND is in California. Still un-free...
That's a good point. I'd imagine that the restrictions on air travel to the US are probably the bigger culprit.
DeleteI would think they would keep the one in Florida open since the governor opened everything up.
ReplyDeleteI guess people aren’t traveling as much, and you need to have a job, which a lot of people no longer have, to be able to visit these places.
According to Biden's logic in last night's debate, this is Trump's fault.
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