The wind of panic caused by the loss of 200,000 subscribers at Netflix in the last quarter does not end. The firm has just announced the dismissal of more than 200 full-time or part-time employees, mainly in the United States.
Internally, where employees are invited to sit on their principles if they want to stay despite problematic programs, the situation has just taken an even more worrying turn. Yet unaccustomed to social plans, Netflix will part with 150 of its employees from several different services and working full time, reports variety. 70 part-time employees, mainly in the animation sector, are added to the list, as well as several freelancers who accompanied the platform on social networks. In total, about 2% of the workforce leaves the ship, out of the 11,300 that Netflix has around the world – 76% work in North America.
Other canceled projects
“These changes are primarily driven by business needs rather than individual performance, which makes them particularly difficult as none of us want to say goodbye to such great colleagues.“, explained the company in a press release.We are working hard to support them in this very difficult transition.Recall that last month it had already laid off about 25 employees from its marketing staff, many of whom worked for the fan relations section, Tudum.
On the sidelines of this announcement, other projects have also been canceled, still in animation. This is particularly the case of wings of fire produced by Ava DuVernay, from a series called Antiracist Baby and another titled With Kind Regards From Kindergarten.