Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

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@c4 they ain’t getting H1Bs, they’re straight up removing our jobs and directly outsourcing to India and various SEA locations. Call your rep all you want, there is no protecting the Portland market from this one.

Sure there are problems with PHK based employees too. But while I’ve heard good things about people at PHK I’ve never heard ONE positive thing about an employee in ITC, their work, or how it is to work in partnership with them.

The H1B visa needs to be eliminated. There are thousands of US citizens perfectly capable of doing the jobs that H1Bs poach. Call your federal representative and demand that legislation be passed to support US citizens who are suffering through these layoffs.

@av also Izzat

jugaad

@ap this is what I was trying to say. It’s a smart move to not try to force American design down everyone’s throats and be closer to market. Decentralizing. I would anticipate some cuts come from moving tech but some also come from global roles shifting to local ones

This is about India’s middle class and Nike not caring about being cool anymore.

India is projected to overtake China in absolute middle-class size between 2030 and 2035.

They need local for local everything. Local manufacturing, local leadership.

Business wise, it makes sense. But racism and PTSD can cloud judgment, I get it.

Nike needs another China. India is a hedge. Capture that market while hoping to not absolutely abolish the cool factor. And even if they abolish the cool factor, the company must survive, at all costs. Fashion is cyclical. Maybe Nike becomes cool again in 50 years. But gotta survive 50 years to find out…

@ah you literally did not understand the assignment. it was said outright that the jobs are moving to ITC

No one cares about your DSA talking points

@ah 1 month's salary to buy a Nike shoe... nah

This is literally not moving tech to India it’s about serving the Indian market which is the fastest growing consumer out there. If we win in India- which WILL overtake china, we will be fine.

Will the policy at the new campus be shoes optional? Asking for an Indian friend.

Nice try VA

The pendulum will eventually swing back. I saw it in tech more than once (think Xerox). This offshore move will be less expensive, and WAY less efficient if only for the timezone challenges.

Ultimately its product, design and marketing that are failing. Tech is a cost center, not a treated as a true strategic partner. So much turnover in that CTO / CIO role. Nike is a CPG and marketing company. Not a tech company. RA will try and spin it...

@aa EH already said they want “local speed” - so expect your replacement to be based in that shithole too !

I welcome Indian, Chinese and other nationalities. Having worked with foreign workers locally only made my teams smarter.

What I don't like is the constant outsourcing of work to India . 7am calls, 9pm calls. So hard to collaborate w/ folks so distant.

I’m sure they will feel the same when their jobs are outsourced.

@a3 outsourcing is horrible but has nothing to do with "woke"
its just corporate greed

I would say LLM agents would probably be more effective than the average ITC laggard. Truly shocking output and competence!!!

The bigger question is not race it is what happens to communities when groups of people relocate just for a job - this is regardless of race - same can be said of the European who have flooded Nike campus- what is their commitment to a living community to school boards to soup kitchens? What has happened to SF to Seattle?

@OP

Isn’t this the kind of woke thought that started Nike’s rapid decline?

They shouldn’t be outsourcing nor should any other American Company. It’s a proven failed strategy.

That isn’t racist.

Is a point there for sure, and don’t like the rhetoric either, but take one exception —- it’s not cheaper. Hiring 40/50 to do the job that used to be done by 3/4 is not cheaper.

Cmon Nike Management —- you reap what you sow, you get what you expect. Be better.