Netflix Cuts About 1,000 Jobs, Including 57 in Games Teams
Netflix announced roughly 1,000 job cuts Oct. 14 and reporting shows 57 gaming roles affected, according to CNBC and Mobilegamer.biz.
Netflix, Inc. Cuts About 1,000 Roles; Games Staff Among Those Affected
Netflix, Inc. confirmed a companywide reduction of roughly 1,000 employees on Oct. 14, part of workforce reductions disclosed in the Communication Services sector during the October 19–20 reporting window. The broader round of job cuts was widely reported in press coverage, and additional reporting identified gaming-team losses within that reduction.
Reported layoffs
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Netflix, Inc. announced a reduction of approximately 1,000 roles globally on Oct. 14, according to reporting by CNBC, Cartoon Brew, and Page Six. The filing and company statements cited a reassessment of content strategy coinciding with senior leadership changes.
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Separate reporting by Mobilegamer.biz identified a Google spreadsheet listing 57 people who held roles on Netflix Games and are seeking new positions, noting games staff across product, technology, legal and HR were affected. Mobilegamer.biz described those entries as tied to the companywide reduction; Netflix did not publish a games-specific headcount in that report.
Timing and scope
The larger, companywide cuts were announced on Oct. 14 (per CNBC, Cartoon Brew, Page Six). The games-related list referencing 57 employees was reported subsequently by Mobilegamer.biz and links these roles to the same reduction. Locations for the games roles were not specified in the Mobilegamer.biz report; the broader cuts were described as global.
Source attribution
Key figures and timing are drawn from reporting by CNBC, Cartoon Brew, Page Six (companywide 1,000 jobs) and Mobilegamer.biz (the 57 Netflix Games roles highlighted in the shared sheet).
In total, the records reviewed for Oct. 19–20 show 1,057 employees reported affected across the included Netflix items. These figures reflect the counts reported by the cited outlets and the shared listing and do not include additional company disclosures beyond those sources.
Closing
The disclosed items document Communication Services layoffs tied to Netflix's Oct. 14 workforce reduction and a reported list of games-team departures. Reporting attributes the companywide figure to CNBC, Cartoon Brew and Page Six, and the games-team listing to Mobilegamer.biz.