'Shown the door' | As Netflix lays off hundreds, suspicions of a 'woke workers' cull emerge

Netflix has slashed hundreds of workers in a bid to stem its current financial slump, but new reports allege the streaming giant may have had ulterior motives.

The streaming giant got rid of 290 employees earlier this month (May 2022), citing 'a slow down in revenue and decline in subscribers’.

However, some have highlighted many of the outgoing staff are from minority groups, while others suggested the company was conducting a cull of ‘woke’ staff who are the most politically active on social media.

The layoffs comprised 150 recruitment workers, 70 animators and 70 contractors working on promotional material for the company, including for projects focusing on ethnic minorities and the LGBT+ community.