Columbia Sportswear has offered a number of their employees voluntary buyouts and also put some through a round of layoffs. How many you ask? Well, Columbia won’t disclose the number of employees leaving town, which leaves us to imagine Portland packed with people walking everywhere because they can’t afford bikes. Columbia says their buyouts in Portland are part of the company’s strategy to focus on their international growth. Makes sense—after all, everyone moved production off shore ages ago.
ByRocky Thompson
Don’t forget…they get a tax break for moving jobs out of the U.S. I think they will outsource that old woman who pretends to run the company next.
Rocky,
That is not true, Arcteryx just started moving production off-shore.
Ha ha, nice outfit. I would like to see that become popular again someday!
http://www.velonews.com/article/77752/high-road-lands-title-sponsor-columbia-sportswear
apparently, it’s easier to pump a cycling team with millions than it is to get value out of employees. that must hurt if you’re one of the formerly employed.