Disney parks chairman Josh D'Amaro announced yesterday (Tuesday) that the company will be laying off 28-million employees amid coronavirus- including at Walt Disney World in Orlando. He says the virus has hurt business and California has yet to lift restrictions that would allow Disneyland to reopen.
Disney did not provide a break down of how many of the 28,000 employees will be laid off from Disneyland and Disney World. The statement did say that 67% of the lay offs will be part-time workers, but will also affect executive, salaried, and hourly jobs.
At one point all of the Disney parks around the world were closed due to the pandemic, which cost the company $2 billion last financial quarter. However, Disney did make $50-billion over the past 5 years. So far, no notice of mass layoffs has been filed with the state of Florida.