LATimes: Disney to lay off 50 Florida animators

[d-r]

guess work is wrapping up on brother bear-

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-rup7.3jun07.story

In a continuing streamlining of its bedrock animation unit, Walt Disney Co. is laying off 50 animators at its Orlando facility.

The cuts, which were expected, mark the last phase of belt-tightening in Disney's animation division, which already has eliminated several hundred jobs in the last two years in response to high salaries and soaring production costs.

 

[HB2K]

Last one out, hit the lights.

We'll see you at Dreamworks....

 

[meowthew2]

The layoffs reportedly consist of 33 clean up artists, 5 rough animators, 3 rough inbetweeners and 8 effects artists. This move was expected for a while now, and is apparently part of the usual release of animators after production on a feature wraps.

 

[HB2K]

but add up all of these let gos and it becomes a HUGE deal.

 

[Jeff in BigD]

^ Exactly

 

[WebmasterCricket]

Originally posted by meowthew2
This move was expected for a while now, and is apparently part of the usual release of animators after production on a feature wraps.

Some of these positions were project specific anyway (assumption). They were basically temps. Many of the job postings of this nature say so up front.