Netflix Cuts Nearly 1,000 Jobs, Fires Two Senior Content Executives
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What we know
Location: global.
Department affected: product, technology, legal and human resources.
Based on news reporting.
Summary
Netflix announced a round of layoffs in mid-October that cut nearly 1,000 jobs and resulted in the firing of two senior content executives, chief content officer Bela Bajaria and film head Dan Lin. The cuts were disclosed in an Oct. 14 memo from co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos and reportedly amount to about 6% of Netflix’s workforce, with product, technology, legal and human resources teams hit hardest. The company said viewing metrics have softened—members watched only 2% more hours year-over-year in H1 2026—and leadership framed the reductions as part of efforts to push future growth despite strong profitability. The moves follow executive changes that installed Peter Rice to oversee content and come amid mixed reactions from Wall Street and concerns about talent departures to other studios.
Netflix, Inc. cut 1,000 jobs affecting its product, technology, legal and human resources team as of October 14, 2026.
That is roughly 7.7% of the 13,000 people Netflix, Inc. employs.
LayoffTalk has tracked 9 layoff events at Netflix, Inc. since March 2026, including 553 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 7 additional events known from news reporting.
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