This guy is a joke. I’m sorry EH fans! What happened to “ I have right people in the right place, I will be transparent, blah blah blah blah blah”. He is worse than JD.
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@fv+1js0ahr66 - TBH this entire forum is basically b****ing and moaning. I usually come here because some (<20% of the time) there is actually value. The rest is people unwilling to leave and waiting for a package because someone took their ball on the play ground. Others, there is legitimately some concerns within the business and this being Anonymous, you get good information regarding pulse checks within the functions.
Personally I do hope we turn it around, I don't miss old Nike (some of the massive negatives of the culture) but I do miss winning but having fun doing it. We all say the heyday was 12 - 19... but I remember it differently with a dark culture underlying the fun parties with great people. 18 - 20 was a significant culture change, at least 23 - 25 my team's culture has improved and there is focus on merit and hardwork, but I know that isn't every where.
20+ year ex-Nike person here. Listen up, people. If you don’t believe EH is the guy to fix what’s broken, I suggest you just get TF out. Seriously. Fire up your LinkedIn network. Work the phones. Start an organic tofu hemp shoelace business. This dude lives and breathes the brand, the culture, the product, and the people. Is he perfect? Nope. No one is. But short of PHK drinking from the fountain youth, or Jesus resurrected, E is your best shot. Given OP’s perspective, Jesus may be your only hope.
And while I’m here… I come here occasionally for the entertainment value, but usually leave sad. Sad that the sense of OPTIMISM and purpose that used to drive Nike people seems to have evaporated. Is EVERYONE at Nike today just depressed as he-l and taking a paycheck? Is it impossible to pick each other up and work for something greater? I know it’s been a f’ing sh-t storm. JD ruined sh-t. HO must must must must leave. But how can so many of you show up so miserable? I know it’s cliched but be the change you want to see. Or just LEAVE. I don’t care I suppose. Have good memories. Don’t hold stock anymore. Just hate that something so special is struggling. And your pi----g and moaning ain’t helping. Good luck.
Can you believe it has been 6 months now? The street can be - has been - very unforgiving. I sometimes wonder if he wishes he hadn’t taken the gig. I know I’d feel that way if I could otherwise be kicking it at my Italian villa drinking Montepulciano! The hole JD dug for him was deep even BEFORE the tariffs. Let’s give him a chance. In the words of Princess Leia: “help us EH, you are our only hope!”
@ap+1js0ahr66 you sound like you’re in strategy. Or, were at some point.
You made a few good points, sure. However, on EH’s watch we still have Tinker on salary. And, how many other execs named in a class action?
An executive leader needs the trust and belief of his or her people to be exceptionally successful. You simply will not develop or maintain this trust if you act without the utmost integrity.
Leaving Tinker and others untouched at this point implicates EH as much as the rest of them. A leader failing to exemplify integrity is passively indicative of accepting unscrupulous actions and behaviors. Which, most certainly rolls downhill.
Do we have a chance with EH? Sure, maybe. But it’s not a slam dunk. It’s not like we’ve massively pivoted strategy, with the exception of what was hinted at by the previous guy. I could be wrong, I’m not connected to what you are apparently. But haven’t seen, felt, witnessed, observed, or have been a part of something that represents an actual turn around. And don’t say Skims.
We’re still all just making BS decks to roll up half truths to be further misrepresented by layers of middle and upper middle yes men and women.
Contacts I have across multiple functions have said the same. Old decks have been rebranded with the latest strategy buzz words added without substantive change.
Is EH going to turn it around? Maybe, but we’re going to need to see a lot more movement (stage left) at the SD and each of the three layers of VP before any turn around is possible sustainable.
I drink the koolaid with the best of them, and pull my weight as much as possible. Not believing the grass is greener elsewhere, but certainly not delusional to call the barren field JD left us with a lush lawn either. It’s going to take more than some rah rah town halls and more gym hours to get the grass green again.
EH kicks a-s. Give the guy a fu--ing break. He has taken over an absolute clown show of what JD has handed him. He’s going to need some time to get through all the mayhem of 4 awful fu--ing years.
If you don’t like it GTFO!!!!
@ap+1js0ahr66 you really think Nike cares about you or needs you? Like are you for real under the impression of selling sneakers is that big of an impact job? Come on...
Oh please—EH isn’t some fresh-eyed savior strolling in from the outside. He’s been marinating in the Nike sauce for decades. Calling him “new” is like calling a rerun fresh TV. Nike didn’t take a bold leap here—they dug up an old playbook, dusted it off, and called it a strategy. A retro CEO to match their retro models. And, spoiler alert: just like those reissued sneakers, it looks cool for a second, but it won’t hold up under real pressure. Just ask the business results in a few quarters. Nostalgia isn’t a turnaround plan—it’s a symptom of having no better ideas.
To the OP and post below me… please leave then and go work somewhere with an absolutely perfect CEO.
He’s been here 6 months now and he’s getting a better idea of what the company truly needs to do to bounce back and if there end up being some trims, then I believe it’s bc we need it. Also, the full impact of tariffs didn’t exist during the last big meeting, things change, the world changes. Deal with it.
It’s true one person alone didn’t sink the company and one person alone won’t save it, but I’ll take EH any day of the week to do what needs to be done to right the ship. I’m sure you’re someone who also came on here and ranted about JD in the past. The complainers on this Nike page vs other companies layoff.com pages are some of the most entitled, incessant whiners I have ever seen.
Those that don’t want to be here and want to constantly complain no matter what, that think the grass is always greener, etc etc, should absolutely go ahead and leave and find the greener grass and the CEO that fits whatever criteria you are looking for… I wish you luck. But in the meantime your exit will help those of us that want to help get things on track and find both the reality and the optimism in things…✌️
The people downvoting are kool aid kids. Did you guys not see the layoffs? Is that what you expect from a transparent leader? If you have been in leadership meetings with him, you will understand what I am talking about. He is a completely different person in certain meetings compared to how he is in larger meetings.