Disney employees use a town hall meeting to press management for details on a possible next round of layoffs
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Disney tech staff pressing for clarity on another layoff round is a reminder that large-scale restructuring quietly taxes delivery capacity months before pink slips land. If you’re running product inside a company signaling cuts, assume lower execution bandwidth and lock in critical headcount decisions early.
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