Netflix has laid off 1,000 employees for the company, with the greatest impact on its product, technology, legal and human resources teams. Among the employees laid off include TV executives Lisa Lang McMullen, James Oh, Carolina Garcia and Andrew McQuinn.
McMullen was most recently director of overall deals and series at Netflix, Oh was director of drama series, Garcia and McQuinn both held the title of director of original series. Jason Pan, the manager of original series, Aaron Davidson, the manager of adult animation comedy, and Dan Evans, the manager of original animation have also been laid off.
McMullen joined Netflix in 2021 as Director of Drama Series after 12 years at Disney. Oh also has been Director of Drama Series at Netflix since 2021. Prior to that, he was SVP at Jerry Bruckheimer Television.
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McQuinn, Director, Original Series joined Netflix in 2018. At the streaming platform, he has worked on such series as American Primeval, Griselda, Zero Day and the upcoming Assassin’s Creed. Before that, he was at ABC Signature.
Garcia is a 10-year Netflix veteran, having joined the streamer in 2016. She has worked on series like Stranger Things, The Boroughs and The Perfect Couple. Before that, she was at 20th Century Fox Television.
Pan is a Manager of Original Series; Davidson is Manager of Adult Animation Comedy; Evans is Manager of Original Animation. Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters had announced the staff reduction via email.
“Our business is strong and growing, and we remain on track to deliver our full year forecast. We’ll continue to invest aggressively in high impact areas to improve our service and further drive growth and innovation,” Sarandos and Peters said. “Doing that means making focused choices across the business so we can keep delivering for our members, partners, employees, and investors,” the executives added.
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Sarandos and Peters said Netflix would continue investing in areas they consider high-impact while making targeted decisions about how to allocate resources across the business. They also reiterated that the company remained on track to meet its full-year earnings forecast.
According to a report by Deadline, the executive changes come as Netflix is looking for its next big hit that has a cultural impact similar to shows like Stranger Things, Squid Game, Bridgerton, Queen’s Gambit, Wednesday and Baby Reindeer. The report mentions that the last series from the streaming platform with significant cultural impact was Adolescence, from a year and a half ago. However, the report also mentioned that this year, Netflix has found success with its latest Harlan Coben adaptation ‘I Will Find Yo’u, which landed on the Most Popular English series list, and fellow limited series ‘His & Hers’, while many of its returning series have been posting season-to-season viewership declines.