@3cjb is correct. Accrued and earned vacation time (“PTO”) is by law considered “earned wages” and must be paid out when an employee leaves the company for ANY reason.
The person below who claimed they work on severance packages was wrong when that person said “Nike doesn’t have to pay this but it does.” Nope, Nike definitely has to pay all earned wages upon an employee’s departure for any reason; including termination for cause. That person also said Nike only pays out up to 300 hours. That’s true, but only because Nike doesn’t allow you to accumulate more than 300 hours to begin with.
The other person who ironically inserted #facts into his/her post didn’t write even a single thing that was true. Again PTO does get paid out and no, it isn’t taxed at some kind of punitive rate. It also isn’t true that Nike will pay “double your PTO if you know how to negotiate.” The only way to get more money than what you’re automatically entitled to is to hire an employment lawyer upon your departure and have THAT person negotiate. Even then, that usually won’t work unless you have some type of valid, actionable claim against the company. Simply being mad that you got laid off is not, itself, a valid and actionable claim.
Finally, sabbaticals that you haven’t yet accrued or earned are typically not paid out when you leave. Nike might voluntarily elect to pay out your sabbatical if you’re close to or past that date, but otherwise Nike typically doesn’t. Sabbaticals are always discretionary and not by law “earned wages” so any sabbatical payout is always the company’s choice.
Be careful with what you read on this board. You never truly know who’s on the other side of the screen and what their agenda is.