Disney is in the middle of a new wave of cuts as part of a "cost-saving initiative," sources tell Deadline.
    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      At the same time, you can’t lose a bunch of money and just not do anything. And with a recession likely coming in the next few years, we can’t be surprised that companies are trying to expand their margins, to make sure they have the resources to survive the winter.

      • OptionalEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        I mean, that’s five billion net profit in the last 12 months. Are they expecting to lose more than five Billion dollars in the next twelve months?

        5,000,000,000.00 of pure, uncut profit.

        • @[email protected]OPEnglish
          1•2 months ago

          I’d expect them to lose at least half of that over the next 3 or 4 years if the recession happens

          • OptionalEnglish
            1•2 months ago

            Okay so they still have 2.5 Billion in their pocket and the net profits from three or four more years?

            Let’s say they “only” make two Billion in net profit for the next three years. They’d have eleven Billion dollars just sitting there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

              • chiisanaEnglish
                2•2 months ago

                This is Lemmy; theres very vocal cohort of the users who are anti-corporate, poor grasp of the financial system, and have no content to read so they wander out into communities they have no business in.

                Don’t bother.

              • OptionalEnglish
                0•2 months ago

                Er, sure, but - is the larger point not clear? They don’t need to fire people. They’re ludicrously profitable.

                • @[email protected]OPEnglish
                  0•2 months ago

                  Not immediately no, but it increases their margins which makes the company more likely to survive a significant economic downturn.