If you're a cog in the wheel feeling shocked, upset, confused, or betrayed by all of this and struggling to find value in your work today...just remember the true point of Nike:
Happy Wednesday.
@4fvw, news from 2012? What's up?
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/bethany-man-sentenced-for-trying-to-k–l-family/283-414014029
SPARQ Director. Remember the loose end on that team? JS in the article. Closed their office as well.
We used to do cutting edge stuff. Here is project that I worked on for a few years before Nike got cold feet and sold it.
https://youtu.be/c1kVvJqBVx0
Ha ha Ha!
Nike: Where climbing the corporate job-title ladder is really the only worthwhile accomplishment. If you aren’t changing ambiguous job titles every 4-6 months, then are you even trying?
I feel like many of the people posting negative things on here really want a good reason to feel optimistic instead of being judged for our pessimism. You wrote some good stuff but your approach was all off.
No doubt the last few days have been hard, and disappointing in several ways.
But you know what? Over the last few days and for the first time ever I watched several sneakerhead YouTube videos. A few of these guys were talking about events of the last few days and I’ll admit I wanted to hear the gossip.
In watching those videos I was reminded of something that I honestly don’t think about very often: a lot of people out there freakin LOVE Nike products. I mean, they are fanatical about them! When they discuss trying to “cop” shoes on the SNKRS app or they share details about the release that got away from them you can see their faces light up. They totally geek out on the products Nike makes and clearly it brings them some joy.
While sneaker culture isn’t really my jam I think it’s awesome that for more than a few people, it is. And seeing these videos reminded me that EVEN WITH the latest news a lot of people out there have mad respect for Nike. I also thought it was kind of funny that several of them were even fantasizing about what it must be like to work at Nike, have discounted access to product, and to be able to make a real living in the sneaker world, etc.
I’m not trying to sound cheesy or all “rah rah Nike!” but it really did remind me that there are a TON of people out there who would k–l to have my job. If I met these YouTube guys they would almost think I’m a rockstar simply because I work here. That’s sorta cool.
Then again I used to work at a large local company that makes paper products. I never saw any “paperheads” on YouTube discussing the merits of 10# gloss vs. 8# matte.
None of what I just wrote fixes what happened. Still, it’s helpful for me to sometimes take a step back, take a breath, and remind myself that despite the disappointments and the corporate BS you sometimes have to deal with here, on balance I still feel like I have it pretty dang good.
OP, if you’re this jaded and believe that your work has no value whatsoever then I would highly recommend finding another job ASAP. Life’s too short to be that miserable my friend.
Nike don't give AF about anyone below Senior Director LOL keep feeling empowered with those incredibly inspirational feedback loops they call all hands
The FuelBand was revolutionary