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    Dr Martens is axing 70 UK jobs – and will hire workers in India to replace them

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    3. XenorVernix on

      This is the kind of thing that has led to Trump in power in the US threatening to slap tarrifs wherever they can. Not saying it’s a good thing but we need to do more to protect our economy. These 70 workers will now be on our benefits bill, or they will find new jobs at the expense of 70 other unemployed people. Either way higher cost to the taxpayers.

    4. mayoirin on

      I’ve heard Solovair is a higher quality alternative though I personally get my boots from military surplus.

    6. disaffectedwomble on

      What a shame, they used to be so good. In the last 10 years or so the quality has gone down hill, I can’t imagine it will improve now.

    8. TheLightStalker on

      I’d rather pay £400 for an old pair with a lifetime warranty actually worth something than whenever this pathetic nonsense is.

    9. Martysghost on

      Weird that I’ve only started getting them as one of my ads on Reddit just this past week or so.  Doc Martins, tights and would I like to join the army or RAF cyber services although I’m too old and I feel they should know that 😅

    10. Alarmed_Inflation196 on

      With such a low minimum wage, low taxes, cheap rents and cheap energy I really don’t understand why manufacturing isn’t thriving in the UK 

    12. Plenty_Suspect_3446 on

      Shameful. Obviously the company is already doomed to consider this option but it’s still wrong.

    15. Previous_Recipe4275 on

      There’s got to be laws soon to disincentize offshoring. There’s no benefit to British people or government

    16. Solitairee on

      I’m starting to see more offshore roles in tech. The weird thing is, this time round the candidates are actually good. I fear jobs will stay overseas from now on

    18. whiterrabbbit on

      Which begs the question: How much is the CEO being paid and is he taking a hit on his salary?

    20. Beancounter_1968 on

      Outsourcing to India should be illegal or made very very expensive. How do we start one of those petitions to get parliament to debate it ?

    21. EdmundTheInsulter on

      Why did I think they were German?
      Any way they got das boot.

      Edit – turns out he was German, I don’t need to know now

    22. Doc_G_1963 on

      To be fair, they off-shored production some time ago. It just manages the product portfolio now, just like Berghaus and the like 😞

    23. deskbookcandle on

      They’ve been shit for at least 20 years. They tore my ankles to ribbons for MONTHS last time I tried to wear a pair in. It shouldn’t take that long and they shouldn’t be so painful. Even my work-mandated heavy construction boots are miles better. 

    24. wkavinsky on

      Ah, we are back to offshoring IT to “save money” – until it doesn’t of course, and you have to pay far more to bring it back onshore.

    25. RachosYFI on

      I bought some of the Doc Marten ForLifes about a decade ago, so I get a free pair whenever they wear out.

      They are wearing out a touch quicker each time. If I didn’t get such a great deal, I would never buy another pair of docs.

    26. endianess on

      People on here are assuming it’s for boot making but It says it’s for mostly IT roles.

      This is happening to pretty much every UK company I deal with. I’m pretty much the only UK based person in most meetings I attend and that’s only because I’m in a niche market.

      I feel very sorry for younger people because companies aren’t training new recruits and are simply hoovering up cheap labour from abroad.

      Foreign workers should really be taxed but companies will then just relocate entirely. There needs to be a shift in company mindset. I.e. what the point of a company is for.

    28. Few-Lie-1750 on

      Bought DMs once. They fell apart after less than 2 years of use. Will never buy them again, and this was a few years ago now.

      Pisses me off how they sell the ‘originals’ on their website which are the same as the shitty default/Chinese ones but made in England like they all used to be.

    29. ice-lollies on

      What a shame. I think dr martens and Loake might have been a couple of the last British shoe making factories.

    30. Penguin1707 on

      This is happening all over. Lots of lay offs in my company just to replace them with indian contractors.

    33. ExpectedDickbuttGotD on

      I’m sure doc martens has already figured this out. But if they move their factory to India, then can’t find anyone willing to work with leather (dead cow), I’m going to piss myself laughing!

    34. my-comp-tips on

      What’s new. Been made redundant twice in my lifetime, worked in mechanical engineering. Governments really need to get behind British manufacturing and start investing. 

    35. havaska on

      I bought a pair of Lanx shoes last month. Made in England and far superior quality to any of the modern Docs.

    36. Felicitykendalshair on

      “Two new bosses shared a 3 million pound golden hello”…..while laying off hundreds of loyal workers…..Absolute cunts……

    37. WhyOhWhy60 on

      “Two new bosses at Dr Martens have also shared more than £3million in “golden hellos”, it emerged at the time. Incoming chief executive Ije Nwokorie and new finance boss Giles Wilson ***were happy to take the joining payments***, the firm’s accounts revealed.”

      – Really you don’t say.

      70 mostly London HQ IT roles to be outsourced to India.

    39. WeMustPlantMoreTrees on

      I used to buy the steel toe cap boots from Dr Martens for like £60 and wear them everyday. Sadly they don’t do them anymore; certainly not for the price of £60. Now I just refuse to buy them, bought some ‘site’ boots the other day and it’s literally a carbon copy of them.

    40. SleepyVesuvius on

      I won’t be buying anymore since the quality has gone downhill so much. I had a pair last me 7 years or so, I wore them most days. Finally decided to buy another pair just over a year ago because despite the cost, in my experience, they’d last years and be worth it. Anyway, they fell apart less than a year later.