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Netflix cuts about 6% of jobs in biggest layoff since 2022, WSJ reports

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Netflix is cutting approximately 6% of its workforce, or around 1,000 jobs, according to an email sent to employees by co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos on October 14. This marks the company’s largest layoff since 2022 as it navigates a competitive media landscape. The majority of the cuts will affect product, technology, legal, and human-resources teams. Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees at the end of 2025.

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Story summary

On October 14, 2026, Netflix announced layoffs affecting about 6% of its workforce, or approximately 1,000 jobs, marking its largest round of layoffs since 2022. The company’s co-CEOs, Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos, informed employees in an email that the cuts would primarily impact product, tech, legal, and human resources teams. As of the end of 2025, Netflix had about 16,000 full-time employees, highlighting the scale of this reduction.

Despite retaining the largest subscriber base among streaming services with 325 million worldwide, Netflix has faced declining stock prices, dropping by roughly 40% in the past year. The company attributes these measures to its ambitious mission to entertain the world and the need for prioritizing resources strategically amid intense competition. Recent reports also indicate that some of Netflix’s biggest shows are losing more than half their viewers after one season.

Netflix has been diversifying its revenue streams by investing in advertising, live programming, and gaming to counteract challenges in user engagement. The company is set to report its third-quarter financial results the following week.

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Netflix cuts about 6% of jobs in biggest layoff since 2022, WSJ reports Netflix is cutting about 6% of its workforce, or roughly 1,000 jobs, in its biggest round of layoffs since 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported on Oct 14, citing an e-mail sent to employees.

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Netflix cuts about 6% of jobs in biggest layoff since 2022, WSJ reports · assertive framing

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Journal → cut → employees

The streaming giant’s layoffs come as it faces intense competition for users’ time in a consolidated media market. asserted

it → come → market

The bulk of the job cuts would be in the streaming giant’s product, tech, legal and human-resources teams, the report said, citing the e-mail to employees by co-chief executives Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos on the morning of Oct 14. asserted

report → stream → Oct

Netflix did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment. asserted

Netflix → respond → comment

The company had about 16,000 full-time employees at the end of 2025. asserted

company → have → 2025

The streaming company has been expanding beyond its subscription business, investing in advertising, live programming and gaming to diversify its revenue sources. asserted

company → stream → sources

Netflix lost out to Paramount Skydance in the bidding war for Warner Bros Discovery’s streaming and studio assets earlier in 2026. asserted

Netflix → lose → 2026

Paramount completed its US$110 billion (S$141.44 billion) acquisition of Warner Bros earlier in October to form Skydance, a media giant with a portfolio of leading news and film studios. asserted

Paramount → complete → studios