Netflix is laying off around 1,000 employees, representing approximately 6% of its global workforce. As a result of these job cuts, departures have also occurred at its subsidiary game studio, Next Games.
Netflix Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters announced the company-wide layoff plan in an internal email on the 14th (local time). The two CEOs explained that the decision was made to realign personnel and resources with priorities, with the product, technology, legal, and HR divisions being the most affected.
The impact on the gaming division was confirmed through public posts by employees at its subsidiary studio. Licia Prehn, an HR specialist at Next Games—the Finnish mobile game developer acquired by Netflix in 2022—stated on her LinkedIn that she was leaving the company due to the Netflix layoffs and is seeking a new position. The total scale of layoffs within Netflix's gaming organization or Next Games was not disclosed separately.
