Sources: Disney To Eliminate 800 Jobs
Company Employs 62,000 In Central Florida
POSTED: Friday, March 27, 2009
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Nearly 800 jobs are being eliminated at Walt Disney World, sources told WKMG-TV.The layoffs have been ongoing for weeks, and more workers were laid off on Thursday, WKMG reported. The cuts have mostly targeted salaried workers.More layoffs are expected, although Disney would not say how many total jobs were being dissolved.Disney announced last month that it would begin laying off workers as it began combining some its Florida backstage operations with California. The company first offered voluntary buyouts to more than 600 park executives, but only 50 employees accepeted the offers.Disney employs about 62,000 cast members in Central Florida.
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