Pixar faces backlash for using character letterhead for layoff notices
- Pixar Animation Studios used a Mrs. Incredible letterhead to notify California state officials that more than 100 employees are about to lose their jobs.
- The Walt Disney Company-owned studio is set to lay off 108 employees at its Emeryville headquarters as part of a round of cuts across Disney, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing submitted to state officials Tuesday, SFGate reports.
- The cuts at Pixar primarily affect creative roles, including 23 technical directors and nine story artists.
- A copy of the notice shared by the outlet shows Mrs. Incredible, also known as Elastigirl from Pixar’s 2004 hit The Incredibles, replacing the “I” in the Pixar logo at the top of the letter, standing with her hands on her hips.
- Using Mrs. Incredible letterhead for the layoff notifications was an ironic choice given the character’s backstory of her husband losing his job.
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