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# Adidas Gurugram Tech Staff Have Until December 15 While the Company Disputes How Many Are Cut

Adidas is cutting tech roles in Gurugram and a second group has until December 15. What Indian law owes you, from notice pay to gratuity and your PF.

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[September 17, 2026](/blog/archive/2026/09)Updated October 2, 202612 min read

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[Adidas](https://www.adidas.com/) is reducing roles in its technology organisation in India, and for the engineers in the second group the date that matters is [December 15](https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/adidas-cuts-nearly-half-of-workforce-at-gurugram-tech-hub-amid-restructuring-reports-110808.htm). The headline number is contested. The deadline is not, and neither are the rules that decide what a retrenched worker in India walks away with. At [Metaintro](https://www.metaintro.com) we care less about the corporate framing than about what a worker has to do next, so this piece sets the disputed news beside the things that are written down, in Adidas's own careers pages, in the new labour codes and in the provident fund rules, and ends with a checklist for the weeks before December 15.

## How Many Jobs Are Going, and Why Do the Numbers Differ?

Two figures are in circulation, and they are measured against different bases.

The high figure is an estimated [350 or more people](https://www.latestly.com/technology/adidas-layoffs-350-or-more-employees-affected-in-gurugram-know-which-positions-cut-7607567.html) across software development, data science and data engineering. The Gurugram technology centre opened in 2021 and had [around 700 employees](https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/adidas-cuts-nearly-half-of-workforce-at-gurugram-tech-hub-amid-restructuring-reports-110808.htm), which is why the cut is being described as close to half the site.

The company figure is much lower. Adidas puts the impact at [less than 20%](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17) of its India technology organisation, a larger population than one building.

> The impact of these changes is less than 20% of our India Technology organization, in the words of the [Adidas statement](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17).

Widen the base and the percentage falls without a single job being saved. Timing matters too. A phased exit lets a company count only the people who have formally left, and anyone still working a handover is, on paper, still employed. Neither side has published the figure that would settle it, and the exact headcount and severance terms have [not been disclosed](https://www.thepeoplesboard.com/news/adidas-layoffs-gurugram-india-tech-hub-350-employees/).

For a job seeker the lesson is practical. Distrust percentages and look for absolute numbers tied to a named site, because that tells you how crowded your local market is about to get.

## What Is the December 15 Deadline?

Staff heard the news at a town hall on [15 September 2026](https://www.thepeoplesboard.com/news/adidas-layoffs-gurugram-india-tech-hub-350-employees/) and were split into two groups. One group received [separation letters on September 15](https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/adidas-cuts-nearly-half-of-workforce-at-gurugram-tech-hub-amid-restructuring-reports-110808.htm), while the other continues until December 15 for knowledge transfer.

For that second group the runway is conditional. The work is being handed to colleagues at [other technology hubs](https://www.latestly.com/technology/adidas-layoffs-350-or-more-employees-affected-in-gurugram-know-which-positions-cut-7607567.html), staff have time to look for another role inside the company, and roles still unsecured at the mid December deadline end in contract termination.

> Those unable to secure another role by then have been told that [December 15 is their last working day](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17).

Adidas points affected staff to [several open roles](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17) across the organisation. Whether those roles fit a displaced data engineer, and whether they sit in India, decide whether the offer is real.

## What Is the Gurugram Hub For, and Where Could the Work Go?

The company's own careers page is more revealing than any statement. It describes Gurugram as one of the [Global Engineering Tech Hubs](https://careers.adidas-group.com/locations/hubs/gurgaon-1), sharing the office with the local marketing organisation, and explains the purpose plainly. As the brand focuses on eCom and digital growth, the India hubs exist to keep it ahead of consumer expectations in digital experiences.

Read that against the cut. The roles going are the ones that build those digital experiences, software, data science and data engineering, yet the hub is not closing. The company line is that the technology hub continues to play a critical role in [growth, innovation and digital transformation](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17). That points to a narrower hub with the handed over work sitting elsewhere, not to the work disappearing.

The same careers page also sets out a mobility promise under the heading Careers Without Borders, encouraging staff to explore [internal opportunities](https://careers.adidas-group.com/locations/hubs/gurgaon-1) both at the Gurgaon location and in other adidas hubs across the globe. That is the company's own published position, and it is worth quoting back to HR when you ask which open roles are genuinely open to your group, in which country, and on what timeline.

The page is also candid about what the site hires for. Its fact panel lists Gurgaon as looking mostly for [real estate and facilities, retail, store and sales](https://careers.adidas-group.com/locations/hubs/gurgaon-1) roles, not engineering. If you are a data engineer hoping to stay in Gurugram, that is a reason to run an outside search in parallel from the first week.

## What Does Indian Law Say You Are Owed on Retrenchment?

India's four labour codes, including the Industrial Relations Code, have been in effect since [21 November 2025](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192463), which is the frame any exit this year sits in. Start with whether you are covered. The Code defines a worker as anyone doing [manual, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/labour-codes/industrial-relations), but it excludes people in a managerial or administrative capacity and supervisors drawing more than ₹18,000 a month. An individual contributor engineer usually falls inside that definition. An engineering manager may not, in which case the contract governs.

If you are covered, three payments are separate and stack on top of each other.

Notice or pay in lieu. Retrenchment needs [one month's notice](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/retrenchment), and one month's wages are payable in addition where notice is not served.

Retrenchment compensation. The formula is [fifteen days average pay for every completed year](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/retrenchment) of continuous service, with the daily rate taken as the monthly wage divided by 26. A part year of six months or more counts as a full year, and eligibility starts at one year of continuous service, or 240 days.

The reskilling payment. This is new. The employer must pay into a Workers Re-skilling Fund an amount equal to [15 days' wages for every worker retrenched](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192524), in addition to retrenchment compensation, credited to the worker's account within 45 days of retrenchment.

Two procedural rules also matter. Retrenchment must follow [last come, first go](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/retrenchment) within the same category unless the employer records reasons for a different order, and retrenched workers must be given a re-employment opportunity. Establishments with [300 or more workers](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192524) need prior government permission to retrench, a threshold raised from 100.

## Do You Qualify for Gratuity?

Gratuity is paid on top of everything above, and the service threshold is the thing to check first. For a permanent monthly paid employee the threshold is [five years](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/gratuity), while a fixed-term employee gets it pro rata after one year.

The formula is last drawn wages multiplied by 15 and by years of service, then [divided by 26](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/gratuity), with wages meaning basic pay, dearness allowance and retaining allowance. A final year fraction of more than six months counts as a full year, and the [statutory ceiling is ₹20,00,000](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/gratuity).

That rounding rule matters for this group. The Gurugram hub opened in [2021](https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/adidas-cuts-nearly-half-of-workforce-at-gurugram-tech-hub-amid-restructuring-reports-110808.htm), so the earliest joiners are close to the five year line. Check your joining date against December 15 before you sign anything, and ask HR in writing how your service is being counted.

The labour codes also changed what counts as wages. Where allowances are large, [50% of total remuneration](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192524) is added back when computing wages for gratuity and social security, which can lift the figure for anyone on a low basic pay.

## What Should You Do With Your Provident Fund?

The instinct after a layoff is to cash out. The rules have changed, and they now make that a worse default.

The [Employees' Provident Fund Organisation](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2178522) board merged 13 partial withdrawal provisions into three categories and set a minimum service requirement of 12 months for all of them. It also earmarked [25% of contributions as a minimum balance](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2178522) that earns the fund's interest rate, currently 8.25%.

On unemployment, [75% of the PF balance](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2179689), including the employer's share and interest, can be withdrawn immediately, and the remaining 25% after one year. Full withdrawal of the entire balance is also allowed on retrenchment, among other cases.

The pension side is the trap. The board moved the period for premature final settlement of EPF from [2 months to 12 months](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2178522), and final pension withdrawal from 2 months to 36 months. A member needs [at least 10 years](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2179689) of pension scheme membership to qualify for a pension, and withdrawing the pension balance early ends that membership.

For most engineers in this group the better move is to keep the account alive and transfer it to the next employer under the same universal account number. Draw on it only if the job search runs long.

## How Does This Fit India's Tech Job Market?

Adidas is not an outlier. The cuts come amid a wider wave of Indian tech layoffs in 2026, with [PayPal trimming close to 4%](https://www.thepeoplesboard.com/news/adidas-layoffs-gurugram-india-tech-hub-350-employees/) of its India workforce and Oracle cutting thousands of roles in the country. Headcounts at large IT firms have compressed as routine coding moves into automated workflows.

The same wave is visible in how this cut is structured. The work is moving to [alternative technology hubs](https://www.latestly.com/technology/adidas-layoffs-350-or-more-employees-affected-in-gurugram-know-which-positions-cut-7607567.html) rather than stopping, which is the pattern of a company concentrating engineering in fewer places. For a Gurugram engineer that means competing with peers from other cut sites for the same open roles, which is another reason to move early.

## What This Means for You, and What Should You Do Before December 15?

This is the part that matters most. Treat December 15 as a job search deadline, not a notice period. Being paid while you look is a far stronger position than the group that left in September, so use it from week one.

- Get your terms in writing. The exact severance terms are [not public](https://www.thepeoplesboard.com/news/adidas-layoffs-gurugram-india-tech-hub-350-employees/), so ask HR for a written breakdown of notice pay, retrenchment compensation, the reskilling payment, gratuity, leave encashment and final salary.
- Check whether you are a worker under the Code. If your role is managerial or a supervisory one above [₹18,000 a month](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/labour-codes/industrial-relations), the statutory payments may not apply and your contract becomes the document that counts. Read it now.
- Do the maths yourself. Use the [retrenchment formula](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/retrenchment) and the [gratuity formula](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/gratuity) with your own last drawn wage and joining date, and compare the result with the offer.
- Ask about the reskilling credit. It should reach your account [within 45 days](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192524) of retrenchment. Note the date and chase it if it does not arrive.
- Apply inside and outside at once. Ask which of the [several open roles](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17) are open to your group, but never let an internal process you cannot control be your only route.
- Leave your PF alone if you can. Transfer it to your next employer instead of drawing it down, because an early pension withdrawal ends the membership that a pension depends on.
- Document the handover. Knowledge transfer to another hub is proof of ownership and scope on systems that matter. Write down what you built, the metrics and the stack before your system access ends.

The skills being cut here, software engineering, data science and data engineering, remain among the most portable in the economy. A restructuring at one sportswear company's hub is not a verdict on your field, and the disputed headline number is a reminder that the loudest version of a layoff story is often not the most accurate one.

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## People Also Asked

### Q: How many Adidas India tech employees were laid off?

A: The figure is disputed. Estimates put it at [350 or more people](https://www.latestly.com/technology/adidas-layoffs-350-or-more-employees-affected-in-gurugram-know-which-positions-cut-7607567.html) at a Gurugram site of [around 700](https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/adidas-cuts-nearly-half-of-workforce-at-gurugram-tech-hub-amid-restructuring-reports-110808.htm), while Adidas puts the impact at [less than 20%](https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/less-than-20-employees-affected-adidas-denies-reports-of-50-layoffs-at-india-tech-hub-556187-2026-09-17) of its wider India technology organisation.

### Q: What is a retrenched worker owed in India?

A: One month's notice or wages in lieu, plus [fifteen days average pay for every completed year](https://employmentlaw.lkslaw.com/calculators/retrenchment) of continuous service. On top of that the employer pays [15 days' wages into a reskilling fund](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2192524) for each retrenched worker, and gratuity is payable separately once the service threshold is met.

### Q: Can I withdraw my full PF after being laid off?

A: Yes. On unemployment [75% of the balance](https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2179689) can be withdrawn immediately and the rest after one year, and full withdrawal is allowed on retrenchment. Withdrawing the pension balance early ends the membership a pension depends on, so transferring is usually the better choice.

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