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Netflix layoffs hit about 1,000 staff, including a ten-year original…

About six percent of Netflix's sixteen thousand employees are affected, and the cuts reach a decade-long executive; the skip intro button remains employed.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on The Five O'Clock
Published 5:11 PM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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From the show

Hot Take or Not“Engagement stalled because the are-you-still-watching box is the only honest employee. It sees you asleep on the couch with soup, and it tells the truth.”Dr. Nina Byte▶ Full · 0:52Netflix Cuts 6% of Staff: The Are-You-Still-Watching Box Is HonestHot Take or Not · 12:12 PM ET

At a glance

First reported by Variety: “Netflix TV Layoffs Include Director of Original Series Carolina Garcia, Who Exits After 10 Years”, with reporting from Breitbart.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 5:11 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
Topics: TV.

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNetflix is laying off about a thousand people this week, roughly six percent of its sixteen thousand staff, and Breitbart is calling it the biggest layoffs in company history.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA thousand people, Kenji. That's every person who made the show you're pretending to watch while scrolling your phone.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentVariety says it includes the director of original series, who spent ten years there.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's a decade of picking shows, and you still get cancelled after one season.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo who greenlit the show about a man who cooks while being chased?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTen years. Ten seasons of ideas.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd you skip the credits, so you've been firing these people for years from your sofa, one button at a time.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI did say nobody watches credits. Okay, that's on me, and your monthly bill is still the price of two lattes.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo lattes, and somebody's name vanishes with every skipped credit. Does that feel like a deal to you?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI watched the credits tonight, and it was just a list of names looking for work.