Time for hundreds to go sit in a war room and pretend like it’s the 80’s and we don’t have laptops to support from home. Put on a smile, wear holiday sweatshirts and pretend to be honored when leaders show up or in the case of MD send a video of... — read more 

Nike keeps reorganizing every six months, and it's always the same story: one step forward and two steps back, like we're stuck on a loop that never ends.

It can still happen

Good luck selling shoes for 180 bucks ever again

ABM the janitorial service provider of over 200 employees and over 9 years is being transitioned out of Nike campus on a decision from CBRE, not Nike. ABM has consistently delivered exceptional experience for Nike athletes on campus, the kpi and... — read more 

The "we're a family" messaging from leadership feels completely fake at this point. It seems like most of the truly talented people have already left, and the communication here is just shocking. I regularly hear managers shouting at people in... — read more 

One things PK is doing right! https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/nike-co-founder-phil-knight-makes-record-setting-donation-to-help-elect-republicans.html

JD absolutely burned Nike, pure failure no question. His strategy was cost reduction and DTC, no real tech chops as PK hoped, fitting of a consultant. Company value cut in half 2020-2024 during his time! How does PK wipe the egg off his face after... — read more 

it has been more than one year since EH got CEO job. I know Nike production is made and delivered in 6 to 9 months to consumers through Futures program to their store. Now he has no excuse to use JD's incompetence as excuse for having top of the... — read more 

So happy wellness week went away to help cover dividends going up 2.5%. You'd think they wouldn't be so tone deaf and at least wait a quarter.

What are they upto?

Honest question: Why is Nike now following trends and not setting them as they used to? I see many of the completion shoe styles replicated by Nike designers across running and basketball. Apparel as well.

It can’t just be me but does anyone see the logic in the random decisions? You know, the decisions to keep really unethical employees/leaders around because of favoritism or pure discrimination but let valuable employees go because they have... — read more 

For those of us whose official separation date was November 14, when can we expect to see our severance payment?

It’s disheartening to hear what’s happening with the converse team being left hanging with their fingers crossed and no clue what, who, or when, layoffs will impact. Why do this for so long dragging it out with no communication? Folks in VP and... — read more 

It's been leaked internally that the long term plan for APLA is now finalized. CS WILL BE PROMOTED to chief strategy officer join me in congratulations on this big announcement for them. APLA will be absorbed into apac and north America. North... — read more 

Have you seen the discounts on Nike.com? Earlier than usually with higher discounts than ever. Pinnacle product like alphafly 3 and new introductions like Metcon are offered there in a way that it hurts to see. That together with the removal of... — read more 

Turn it around employees. Zero identity or evolution. To EH: this isn’t 2010. Try something new for once. The old playbook is dusty. Fondly, Former shareholder

Anyone know which team(s) were impacted by the recent HR reorg?

I want to say that I like and trust EH and think he's what we need. All of that. But comms handing him a card that says the chat was being mean was strange in a way that I think illustrates something. I remember seeing a lot of shock and surprise in... — read more 

What I don’t see is Nike ever reaching the heights of its old glory again. I actually used to enjoy working here. Now it just feels like any other random job that could vanish at any moment, and I wouldn't even care. You can’t be invested when... — read more 

Feels like a lot of waste. Where is the value? Can we not do the same with less? Other companies seem to do fine. I don’t know where the value add or money savings comes from anymore outside RIF’s. Maybe just reset every leader. Don’t know if any... — read more 

Every time the org chart gets shuffled, employees don’t feel “aligned”; they feel like another layoff wave is coming. That kind of background anxiety eventually becomes its own full-time job. The constant context switching is just as costly. Teams... — read more 

Describe your Nike job below in one sentence and tag EH

What is considered standard inventory levels at Nike Stores? Such as 20 pairs of specific Nike shirts, shorts, Nike shoes etc? With the amount of Nike appeal most of you Nike employees have swiped over the years and either sold it on your own or... — read more 

I’m genuinely curious if anyone else wonders what’s going on with Nike’s HR function. The constant layoffs, reorgs, and shifting structures are confusing at best and destabilizing at worst. If HR can’t get things right for themselves, how are they... — read more 

dealing with amazon might be sweet in the beginning but it will ki-l you down the line. Yes, amazon will deliver few billion dollars of sales immediately but keeping them close will ki-l you down the line by cutting independence, originality, fresh... — read more 

S.S. said: Layoffs are a symptom of a system that has lost its heart, not a strategy, and great bosses don't lay people off. No great bosses here. Just overpaid C-suite listening to consulting firms who use spreadsheets to chop people and perks.

Did anyone catch a Freudian slip yesterday? I feel like there was a lot of stammering because of nerves to deliver bad news. But did anyone catch this? This isn’t verbatim, but something was said along the lines of - we have to make tough calls... — read more 

People here aren’t asking for miracles; they just want to know their input actually leads to changes they can see. Right now, feedback loops feel like surveys that disappear into a void. A healthier culture would come from sharing what the company... — read more 

Why the extra security in the buildings on campus today?

When Wellness Week was implemented during Covid, Nike used the opportunity to axe the profit sharing retirement benefit. The messaging stated, "We are prioritizing investments into employee well being and pay continuity for retail athletes." The... — read more 

It’s honestly a sign of how many entitled people we have here who are overly obsessed with wellness week. Working 9 to 5, in person, at your desk… with PTOs… is that really that difficult? And for HR, if the goal is to let these naïve people out... — read more 

Pretty convenient that someone had a note card to trigger the prepared statement to have a Dad talk with the entire company. If you respond other than how we expect you to respond get ready to get in line! And tears!

Let’s start this thread for further discussions, cheers

Leaving Nike was the best decision I've made in my life. I did not realize I was in depression working in such a company where employees don't do any actual work. I was at Nike for 5 years and left soul s**king Oregon and Nike. Much happier, lost 30... — read more 

Say you worked under an incredibly ignorant and overly confident VP who wrecked your department and in an attempt to help fix things, you find yourself a target and eventually resign after receiving unethical orders. My questions are A. Is there a... — read more 

This last restructure - was this with any of the consultancy agencies or home brewed at Nike? I have never seen more chaos in an org - each individual now doing the job titles of three to four people. Product will go to deeper sh-t levels. You ask... — read more 

Hot take but since Nike is over staffed why not offer a buyout option? Over 10 years and certain levels of age just let them volunteer and avoid the noise. Other companies are doing it. Google again. That would be a positive all team announcement for... — read more 

I knew they were doing the Global Tech layoffs in EMEA last week, but a friend of mine just got let go here on campus- Legal Privacy office. Any other groups impacted last week?