Adidas reportedly cuts nearly half of Gurgaon India Tech Hub workforce
Adidas has reportedly laid off at least 350 employees at its Gurgaon India Technology Hub, or roughly 45% to 50% of its estimated 700-person workforce. Software engineers, data scientists and data engineers were among those affected, according to Mint.
What happened
Adidas has reportedly begun major layoffs at its India Technology Hub in Gurgaon, affecting at least 350 employees—about 45% to 50% of its roughly 700-person
Key facts
- 350 or more employees affected
- 45% to 50% of workforce
- around 700 employees at the India Technology Hub
Why this matters
The workforce reduction may create an opportunity for technology partners and talent acquirers, while signaling Adidas could reassess how it sources and structures India-based tech capabilities.
What to watch
- Official Adidas confirmation of headcount, severance terms, or a stated rationale for the Gurgaon reductions.
- India job postings, contractor requisitions, and leadership departures over the next one to two quarters.
- Evidence of work transfers to technology hubs in Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, or external IT vendors.
- Adidas earnings commentary on cost savings, digital investment priorities, wholesale-to-DTC strategy, and operating-margin targets.
- Further restructuring notices affecting global technology, analytics, e-commerce, or shared-services teams.
- Freeze or sharply limit backfills and external recruiting at the Gurgaon hub.
- Consolidate engineering roadmaps, retire lower-priority data products, and transfer selected ownership to other global teams or service providers.
- Increase use of managed cloud, SaaS, and systems-integrator capacity to maintain delivery with a smaller internal workforce.
- Reframe remaining India roles around revenue-linked digital commerce, consumer apps, ERP modernization, supply-chain visibility, and cybersecurity.
Also reported by
- Mint · Companies — Same time