By Connie Thiessen
Rogers is offering voluntary departure packages to roughly half of its employees, excluding those at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), according to a report in The Globe & Mail.
The looming buyouts are said to impact roughly half of its 25,000 employees. Those ineligible include on-air talent and Sportsnet employees at Rogers Sports and Media, the Toronto Blue Jays, as well as unionized employees, according to the report.
“We are taking steps to adjust our cost structure to reflect the business realities of the current environment,” a Rogers spokesperson told the Globe. “As part of this, some teams have chosen to offer voluntary departure and retirement programs to give some employees the choice to decide whether they’d like to stay with the company or begin a new chapter.”
As of publication, Rogers had not responded to a request for further comment.
The report comes less than a week after Rogers released its first quarter earnings results for 2026, which projected lower spending for this year and for the foreseeable future as a reaction to the current regulatory environment and a cooling Canadian economy.
