<story><title>Stitch Fix to Lay off About 1,400 Employees in California</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/stitch-fix-to-lay-off-about-1-400-employees-in-california-11591053525</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nostromo</author><text>This is more interesting than all the other layoff stories in that they&amp;#x27;re axing 1,400 California jobs but adding 2,000 in lower-cost locations like Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Austin.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like offshoring -- but off-Californiaing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Spooky23</author><text>It makes sense. If you&amp;#x27;re not looking for super high-end tech talent, there is no magical advantage to paying California salaries so that people can spend every dime on housing.&lt;p&gt;I skeptical of most of the tech stuff too -- fewer tech roles require the skillsets&amp;#x2F;social connections only found a big tech hub than in the past. For many years, IBM was able to run successful tech operations in places like Minneapolis, Austin, Binghamton NY, Hudson Valley NY, North Carolina, Tampa, etc.&lt;p&gt;The median home price is Pittsburgh is literally 90% less than many California locales. Even with a 40% pay cut, in many professions moving to one of these places will be a neutral in terms of money and probably a positive impact on the employee&amp;#x27;s quality of life.</text></comment>
<story><title>Stitch Fix to Lay off About 1,400 Employees in California</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/stitch-fix-to-lay-off-about-1-400-employees-in-california-11591053525</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nostromo</author><text>This is more interesting than all the other layoff stories in that they&amp;#x27;re axing 1,400 California jobs but adding 2,000 in lower-cost locations like Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis and Austin.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like offshoring -- but off-Californiaing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>onemoresoop</author><text>I wonder if they gave the employees the option to relocate with out of calofornia salary. Not sure if that’s legal but it would have been worth giving them an option, some might as well take it, everything’s too expensive in cali, one cannot easily start a family there</text></comment>