Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

Goldman Sachs says Layoff Announcements Are No Longer Viewed Positively by Markets

Recent research suggests equity markets are responding negatively to corporate layoff announcements, regardless of whether companies cite cost savings, AI-driven efficiency, or restructuring.

Firms announcing layoffs have underperformed the broader market and show weaker financial trends than peers, including higher debt and interest expense growth and slower profit growth. This has led investors to question whether layoffs reflect deeper operational pressures rather than productivity gains, even as broader corporate balance sheets remain relatively healthy

Read more here: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/wall-street-is-no-longer-rewarding-job-cut-announcements-goldman-analysis-finds-a60c87a4


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Post ID: @OP+1kcn3h45n

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Alcohol, smoking and other more serious "things" are well known to be unhealthy for people but that has never stopped their broad usage. Layoffs are the quick artificial high the executives can't quit regardless of what the science or common sense might say. They only care about juicing the numbers for a few months or at most a couple of years so they can tread water long enough to mature the millions in Nike options and rsus they hold and then peace out to their mansions. There is virtually zero downside to failing in the executive ranks because there's no shame and no accountability. Look at JD as prime example 1. He ran the company into the ground but left far richer than he came in and then landed a multi million dollar pay day somewhere else. Win win for them and lose lose for everyone else.

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Post ID: @q3+1kcn3h45n

Layoffs are only popular with Wall Street when the economy is good. They get short term gain regardless and companies have runway to correct the issues causing the layoffs if it's all spin.

Wall Street is well aware of the pressure that Trump's tariffs/recession are putting on the economy and companies like Nike. Of course firms are less forgiving right now. 🤷‍♂️

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Post ID: @hs+1kcn3h45n

Someone send this to the board

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Post ID: @dp+1kcn3h45n

There will be more smaller layoffs that are just below the threshold to report publicly. And more expansion and contraction of temporary workers.

Layoffs cut the employee and rarely cut the work. Recruiters have already contacted me for contract work of my previous job!

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Post ID: @d5+1kcn3h45n

That doesn't mean layoffs will not happen @OP.

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