I asked myself that today as I read about a former executive that plead guilty to alleged wire and mail fraud. What happened to the integrity of the company? With everything that has occurred within the last few years it’s no wonder Nike’s image is... — read more 

I keep hearing that some people got laid off, and I thought I would be safe at least for a while. Layoffs do happen, but no one has any insight. That uncertainty is really exhausting. They could be a little more transparent, right? The employees of... — read more 

Let's be honest, the situation at Nike is so bad right now that being laid off would come as a relief. Yes, having no job is scary but how much worse can the feeling be than the constant stress we have to deal with day in, day out working here? At... — read more 

Former Nike employee - left the company on my own over 5 years ago. Mid level mgmt is a joke. All they care about is making the next promotion, and if they don't get it year after year they take it out on their employees. They also like to cause... — read more 

“There is a tacit understanding that in exchange for preferential treatment, leaders are the first line of defense against threats to their people. In the world of business, however, that social contract is breached when leaders sacrifice those in... — read more 

I think it's time we start sharing the secrets we know. Why not? All of our Nike "true" Leaders have retired (by chance? I doubt it.) The new CDIO's Indian regime? (friends that he trusts) The new CEO? (demanding contracts with his... — read more 

"This is an unfortunate situation where a large brand such as Nike, which aggressively protects its own intellectual property, has chosen to leverage another brand for its own gain. The Postal Service is disappointed in Nike’s lack of response to... — read more 

What's up with the duplicate workforce GT has dropped into teams across Direct? Training them up for a merge of PMOs and prepping for a take-over? So then redundant get let go? Direct APM has always been a technical group, so that is a bs reason... — read more 

Prison is the next stop in the subpar DJs world tour. His pop up retail prowess won’t be appreciated there. Wonder who is SET to go next after he squeals?

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/business/economy/zero-corporate-tax.html Nike's combined effective tax rate for 2018, 2019, and 2020 comes out to -18%!

That's what I did. I tried to move my career forward at Nike for years but there were too many friends, in-laws, and a—kissers ahead of me. In the end, I gave up and decided to switch companies three years ago and I couldn't be happier. I'm finally... — read more 

I've been here for over a year and I can safely say that this is the most unprofessional group of people I've ever worked with. I've never seen so much incompetence, laziness, lack of care about the end results... This inevitably leads to bad... — read more 

Randomly you find out you're the last one to know the truth? Purposely? I will tell all of you, "nothing" stays secret. Everything comes out eventually. #metoo, is being used to manipulate some future titles/opportunities. Whoever is guilty of... — read more 

Surly, current employees (FTEs and ETWs) have seen the communication regarding the plan to get back to the office. Apparently, we will know more before MAY about the phase approach to bring us back. How are you folks feeling about that? Do you really... — read more 

What groups got layer off recently, I hear Operations, what other areas

I miss that old Nike which had a lot more innovation. I am not saying that there aren't any innovations now, but it is clear that the passion and energy, which stemmed from a great commitment to work, is no longer there. I may be wrong, but it seems... — read more 

Something not going well on your latest project? Fear not! It's easy...here are 5 helpful points to get "Back to Green": 1) Rebrand/give it a cool new name on the PPT. This usually works. 2) Completely invent a new and entirely baseless biz... — read more 

As Nike’s strong foundation in China is in danger of being shaken, I wonder if this will have long-term consequences for us?

What's the procedure? Do I have to notify my manager? I'd like to avoid that if possible since he'll see my wanting to leave as betrayal and I'm certain he'll do anything in his power to sabotage my application. I think it's obvious he's one of the... — read more 

Nike is transforming from a marketing company into a technology brand. 7 company insiders say the changes — including mass layoffs and team restructuring — are creating internal... — read more 

Stop looking at leaders as if they are special people that care about you so much that you are inspired by them. They get paid more, hopefully have more skills and experience to set direction and communicate it in an inspiring way, but that's it. ... — read more 

I worked for another big well known company that was going through what Nike is headed toward, and it's sad to realize this is really over. I saw exec after exec come and go as if the company was just a giant piñata they beat on for a couple of years... — read more 

I see that this place is frequented by some of the newer employees so I have a word of advice for them: If you're asked to help out with something that's not part of your job make sure that you always have a good excuse (busy with something... — read more 

I have been shared some experiences by some external candidates who are interviewing for positions. Both business and HR have been asking such questions that clearly show they do not know what they are doing. Questions like " what do you know about... — read more 

What’s everyone’s thoughts on China boycotting Nike?

So being Nike is hard, growing against an always fickle consumer, International waves, competitors who copied Nike merchandising at every turn, competitors who were always justified by retailers needing to use OTB to not look like a NIKE... — read more 

So utterly dysfunctional, it must be on purpose. No other plausible explanation.

The layoff surprised me. It’s not that I think all the best about myself, but I still don’t think I deserved it because there were a lot of worse performers who stayed behind. It’s my own fault that I believed I was safe. Now that things have settled... — read more 

Have any of you taken accountability for your part or contribution to ruining someone else's life? Or the demise of it? Did you hide and not speak up out of fear? Did you go with the flow or popular version to protect yourself? Did anyone of you... — read more 

Of course, this is hard to figure out, but I’m really interested in what percentage of people at Nike are now actively looking for other jobs and from which areas do most people want to leave? Whatever that number is, I’m +1. I have a lot of... — read more 

I get that an employer doesn't owe their employees anything, but that's not Nike. That's what made Nike special. Not anymore. The soul and care is gone. It's all about money, budgets and the bottom line. You're cutting teams to the bare core... — read more 

When are the results going to be shared?

I guess you are supposed to see the ads, not the facts... Constant layoffs, whether they call it that or not, but now we don’t even get warnings or targets... — read more 

How come no WARN notice? The last WARN notice stated ending in Jan 2021. They just going to slowly layoff people until June to stay below the WARN numbers? This interests me too. I would not be surprised because I heard from a friend from another... — read more 

Someone thinks that if Nike gets rid of Converse that it will be good for both parties. For Nike I know it will, but for Converse I’m not sure if it will be good at all. Moreover, I think it would bring them a lot of trouble, but that’s just my... — read more 

So now it is proven out that WCJ was indeed cheating the system for years and it was reported multiple times. Here is the article below. This is a very clear cover up for the VPs kid. If it was reported several times than store managers, district... — read more 

Who got the axe?

I was really shocked when I found out. They did everything to make people think they were safe and then a disaster happened. I try to view layoffs as a short term loss for a long term gain. This is another great lesson I learned at Nike, and that is... — read more 

Nike is THE WORST at mapping out org structure (always has been, will always be). The sr. leadership folks that mapped it out clearly didn’t understand the process of how anything gets done and have no idea what resources / roles are actually needed... — read more 

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