Netflix cuts around 1,000 jobs, including TV development executives
Netflix is laying off roughly 1,000 staff, about 6% of its workforce, affecting several TV development and production executives such as director Carolina Garcia.
Netflix announced a reduction of about 1,000 positions, representing roughly 6% of its global staff. The cuts extend to the TV development and production units, where longtime director of original series Carolina Garcia, who joined the streamer in 2016, is among those departing after a decade with the company. Other TV executives leaving include Lisa Lang McMullen, director of overall deals and series; Andrew McQuinn, director of original series; James Oh, director of original drama series; and Jason Pan, manager of original series creative development.
The company's publicity and awards divisions also saw senior exits, with Kelly Caton, senior director of series awards strategy and publicity, and Dominic Pagone, director of entertainment communications, both leaving. Caton had been with Netflix since 2017, while Pagone joined in 2024.
Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said the reductions would most heavily affect product, technology, legal and human-resources teams, though programming roles were not exempt. The film side experienced a notable departure as well, with film vice president Doug Belgrad being let go.
Garcia’s tenure at Netflix included overseeing deals with creators such as The Duffer Brothers, Brian Yorkey, Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, Archewell, Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps, Mara Brock Akil and Marti Noxon, and supervising series like “Stranger Things,” “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and “Atypical.”
Lang McMullen, who joined Netflix in 2021 and was promoted in 2023, previously spent 11 years at Walt Disney Television and six years at Warner Bros. TV. McQuinn, with Netflix since 2018, worked on series including “Griselda,” “American Primeval,” “The Residence,” “Zero Day” and “Vikings: Valhalla,” and came from ABC Signature. Oh, hired in 2021, had earlier held senior roles at Jerry Bruckheimer TV and Fox. Pan, a seven-year veteran, entered Netflix as a creative assistant in 2019 and rose to manager after stints at WME, Amazon Studios and Atomic Monster.
Netflix declined to comment on the departures.