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Netflix Restructures: Dozens Laid Off Amid Reorganization

3/12/2026

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Netflix cuts several dozen staff from its product team, especially the Creative Studio department, as part of a reorganization.
Some Creative Studio employees were laid off and others were reassigned, not due to performance.
Netflix employs 16,000 people and received a $2.8 billion breakup fee from Paramount Skydance after abandoning its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, a move that Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters described as not financially attractive.

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Story summary

Netflix cuts several dozen staff from its product team, especially the Creative Studio department, as part of a reorganization.
Some Creative Studio employees were laid off and others were reassigned, not due to performance.
Netflix employs 16,000 people and received a $2.8 billion breakup fee from Paramount Skydance after abandoning its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, a move that Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters described as not financially attractive.