Rogers Communications is offering voluntary departure packages to roughly half of its employees, excluding those at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) and the Toronto Blue Jays, a spokesperson has confirmed to Broadcast Dialogue.

The report comes less than a week after Rogers released its first quarter results for 2026, with CEO Tony Staffieri telling the company’s AGM that it would be slashing capital investment by 30% (up to $1.2B) for the coming year – billed as a necessary reaction to the current regulatory environment and a cooling Canadian economy.

The looming buyouts will be offered to roughly half of the telecom giant’s 20,000 employees, with those ineligible including on-air talent and Sportsnet employees at Rogers Sports and Media, as well as unionized employees.

“We are taking steps to adjust our cost structure to reflect the business realities of the current environment,” said Rogers spokesperson Zac Carreiro, in a statement. “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.”