Disney ferme l'unité Metaverse lors de la première série de licenciements

• Disney rejoint Microsoft et Amazon pour licencier du personnel en 2023.

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Disney has scrapped its budding metaverse unit in what appears to be the company’s first attempt at a company-wide layoff. Rapports state that about 50 employees were affected by the company’s decision to shut down the unit. The metaverse unit was branded as Disney’s “next-generation storytelling and consumer experiences unit.”

Disney appears to be set for a major restructuring that would take place over the next few months and affect an estimated 7,000 employees. The move is part of the company’s plans to reduce its costs by $5.5 billion. Interim CEO Bob Iger has informed employees of another round of layoffs slated for next week, which would supposedly affect people in other divisions. Iger, in a memo sent on Tuesday, asked employees to anticipate a final wave of layoffs “before the beginning of summer.” 

Disney’s foray into the metaverse failed to yield the results the firm would have hoped for. The company’s former CEO, Bob Chapek, described the metaverse as “the next great storytelling frontier.” Mike White, who was employed to lead the division, said the unit planned to “create an entirely new paradigm for how audiences experience and engage with our stories.”

Malheureusement, les choses ne se sont pas déroulées aussi bien que prévu. Plus d'un an après son lancement, l'unité de métaverse est restée obscure. Cependant, Disney s'est concentré sur la manière de maximiser au mieux l'espace métaverse en herbe. La société de divertissement pensait que le métaverse pourrait jouer un rôle clé dans l'amélioration de l'expérience client dans les sports fantastiques ainsi que dans les attractions des parcs à thème.

Disney isn’t the only top organization to have embraced a suppression massive d'emplois pour rogner ses opérations. Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta et Spotify ont tous pris des décisions similaires ces derniers mois. La plupart des organisations accusent la crise économique mondiale et l'intensification de la concurrence d'être les raisons pour lesquelles elles ont licencié du personnel.

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