Just months after being acquired by Sony, Alamo Drafthouse hit with substantial layoffs
Less than a year after being acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment, Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema announced substantial layoffs on Tuesday. The cuts will affect both corporate staff and hourly theater employees.
Alamo Drafthouse Chain Sees Layoffs Among Corporate Staff, Hourly Theater Employees
Alamos Drafthouse has laid off 15 corporate staffers as well as a significantly larger number of hourly employees across its circuit, effective immediately.
Alamo Drafthouse Hit With Layoffs; Slow Box Office Season Cited
Alamo Drafthouse has become the latest media company to endure a round of layoffs. The popular theater chain had company-wide downsizing on Tuesday. The move comes seven months after Alamo was acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment. The Austin-based company operates 35 cinemas across 25 metro areas.
Alamo Drafthouse Lays Off 15 Corporate Employees Amid Box Office Downturn
Alamo Drafthouse has been hit with layoffs as 15 employees, or 9% of its workforce, at the corporate level were let go. The popular movie theater chain had 165 people working at the company prior to cutbacks.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema cuts corporate, theater employees; layoffs reported at Park North site
Reddit users said employees at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s Park North theater were among those the company laid off this week.
Alamo Drafthouse lays off Austin employees amid box office slump, new ownership
Alamo Drafthouse, the national theater chain that started as a ramshackle, downtown dine-in movie theater, has laid off staff amid an industry-wide slowdown. News of the layoffs was first reported by The Austin Chronicle. It comes amid a slump in ticket sales.
Texas cinema chain Alamo Drafthouse has laid off corporate and theater employees
Drafthouse United launched a GoFundMe campaign to help hourly workers caught up in the company's layoff. It's unclear from the details whether the fund is meant to assist employees at all theaters or just the flagship in Austin.
Corporate employees reportedly laid off in Alamo Drafthouse shakeup
Alamo Drafthouse is reportedly laying off 15 employees at the corporate level following its acquisition by Sony Pictures Entertainment and CFO stepping down.
Alamo Drafthouse's business woes continue, resulting in layoffs
Layoffs hit hourly and corporate Alamo Drafthouse staffers, the first time the movie theater shed workers since Sony Pictures acquired the Texas chain in June. Shortly after the layoffs were announced on Tuesday,
Alamo Drafthouse lays off some employees in Austin
On Tuesday, Alamo Drafthouse confirmed to KXAN that it laid off employees at the corporate and venue level. Nadya Suleman, who is known to the world as Octomom after giving birth to octuplets, shared a rare glimpse into her life as a mom of 14.
Alamo Drafthouse Lays Off 9% of Corporate Staff
The dine-in theater chain has simultaneously let go of staff - primarily seasonal workers - at the venue level.
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