• tankplanker@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    So this is obviously McDonald’s but manufacturing suffers a similar path:

    1. Make high quality and respected product onshore
    2. Get purchased by vulture capitalist
    3. Lower standards to increase profit
    4. Product is offshored to cover up falling sales
    5. Quality nosedives
    6. Once the customer base catches on sales nosedives
    7. Lower quality even more and brand becomes a joke
    8. Get purchased by mega conglomerate who collects brands like Pokémon
    9. Rival product gets made onshore by a small team who used to work for you

    See Doc Martin and Solvair or Hunter Wellingtons or any other of a large number of former halo brands. Filson is one going through this right now

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      4 months ago

      Why do they let step 2 even happen? Is it just that the creators don’t actually give a shit about their product/brand, and just want an easy, big pay day? Screw their employees?

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        I’m proud of the work I do. I get immense satisfaction for a job well done and appreciate being appreciated.

        If someone offers me millions of dollars to take over my job only to do a worse job, I will absolutely take the money and retire early. No hesitation. No regrets. I won’t even take the time to pack up my desk.