{"id":2672021,"date":"2026-09-28T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-dark-day-is-coming-for-disney-employees-company-executive-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T15:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T19:56:34","slug":"a-dark-day-is-coming-for-disney-employees-company-executive-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-dark-day-is-coming-for-disney-employees-company-executive-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dark Day Is Coming for Disney Employees, Company Executive Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-dark-day-is-coming-for-disney-employees-company-executive-warns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2672021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Disney employees are being informed that artificial intelligence (AI) may soon be used to reduce staff through layoffs. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-leftists-freak-out-at-disney-ceo-bob-chapek-over-florida-bill-barring-sexuality-instruction-for-kids\/\" title=\"Hollywood Leftists Freak Out at Disney CEO Bob Chapek over Florida Bill Barring Sexuality Instruction for Kids\">recent internal memo<\/a> from disney&#8217;s Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer, Horacio Gutierrez, indicates that AI will play a role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-alec-baldwin-had-no-reason-to-fire-gun-during-scene-being-rehearsed\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Alec Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire Gun During Scene Being Rehearsed\">cost-cutting measures<\/a> by transforming work processes across departments such as legal and operations. the memo mentions plans to reinvent how work is done by automating workflows, adopting self-service models, outsourcing, and engaging external legal providers, which will lead to a considerably smaller legal and global affairs team. Disney is also seeking to develop AI-driven internal processes and is hiring new leadership positions related to AI enablement and legal engineering. Disney&#8217;s CEO, josh D\u2019Amaro, aims to leverage AI for efficiency improvements, and CFO Hugh Johnston highlighted ongoing efforts to redeploy resources for higher returns. Despite these initiatives, Disney&#8217;s stock has declined around 5% in the current year and nearly 40% as 2021.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Disney workers are learning that AI may soon be used to job cuts as the company telegraphs its plans to reduce staff.<\/p>\n<p>A recent memo from Disney Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez indicates that artificial intelligence may be Disney\u2019s answer to cutting costs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/09\/disney-layoffs-warning-legal-executive-1237113458\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline said the Sept. 18 memo came as workers throughout Disney are waiting for the axe to fall.<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez wrote that Disney\u2019s \u201clegal, government relations, operations, and others, are going through their own reinvention as technology reshapes how work gets done, and the operating models that underpin those professions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that he is \u201ctaking a dispassionate look at every aspect of how we do our work, so we can do it in a more efficient and cost-effective manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, this will require hard choices about where and how we deploy our resources and investments, including our staffing investments and how we work will look different in the months and years ahead,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n<p>The memo also said that the Legal and Global Affairs department \u201cwill be a much smaller organization than it is today, and some of you will personally be affected by decisions we make in this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, we\u2019ll have to consider a whole range of new models for different workloads, including automating certain workflows by leveraging the latest technologies, moving to self-service models where appropriate, engaging alternative legal providers and others, and new expanded  services, even outsourcing,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n<p>The memo came as Disney announced Karandeep Anand has been appointed as Disney\u2019s first chief technology officer.<\/p>\n<p>That is not the only upper-level change, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/disney-ai-memo-1236710285\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Disney has posted that is it seeking a director of AI enablement and legal engineering.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disney layoffs are about to be one of the most painful in history, and executives say they plan to do so dispassionately to provide efficient and cost effective returns (holder value). <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=%24DIS&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$DIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A memo sent by a Disney legal executive said the company is overhauling \u201chow work\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2CLzaT8ELY\">https:\/\/t.co\/2CLzaT8ELY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Roger (@rdd147) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rdd147\/status\/2103657461786030151?\">September 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That individual will develop internal work processes using AI and determine the extent to which Disney develops AI processes internally or contracts with outside vendors.<\/p>\n<p>Disney CEO Josh D\u2019Amaro has said he wants to use AI to improve efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re using technology to fundamentally change how work gets done,\u201d Disney CFO Hugh Johnston said during a May earnings call after the company laid off 1,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been and will continue to look for these types of opportunities to redeploy capital, both financial and human, to areas we see driving the highest returns for holders,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Disney\u2019s stock is down 5 percent so far this year, and has fallen almost 40 percent since 2021.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; 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