What’s your opinion folks? Is he any good?
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Seems like more of the same, no real difference- just names and numbers on a spreadsheet and continued layoffs based upon hitting some imaginary target. I love that hundreds of people were laid off just before the new fiscal year for budgetary reasons, but really so they could afford to hire a new COO. Just what Nike needs more newbies in the C suite. Nothing has changed, just more shuffling - SSDD. Glad to be free of that toxic environment.
@qr lol there is a difference between a decision you want your way and knowing that a decision made is objectively a bad idea for Nike. But I guess critical thinking isn't your forte, along with empathy.
You would fare well in GT leadership.
Reading this thread reminds me why a bunch of you all are stuck looking up. Don’t know jack about leading anything. If it ain’t you then it’s bad and wrong. Maybe if you were better it would be you. Never going to be either.
Much love from someone not in GT and glad I’m not because you all a bunch of whiny babies over there. If things are not how YOU want them everyone is wrong. Get yourselves a mirror and find the real problem.
I welcome your down votes as you get angry feeling the truth thrown at you. No wonder they got you all off campus so you don’t go being a cancer to the rest of us.
@kp HA. The guy is living in an ITIL world where you need flexibility and nuanced approaches.
The fact that he's still entertaining that CPU utilization BS is beyond me. Any tech person worth their salt would tell you that you can't measure technology with a single metric.
Also, yes, techmod is worthless. But it's what happens when you put people who know nothing and have not a single strategic bone in their body in positions of power. A CIO who actually knows what he's doing and is both technical and strategic - gee, kind of prereqs for the job, don't you think - would have ripped out those mo--ns and restructured it long ago so it was actually valuable. But here we are! still have those clowns running the show!
CIO and his entire org is a big joke, bunch of do-nothings.
bruhhh so many wrong takes here 😭😭 like how u out here judgin ppl’s skills from behind a screen… esp when u prob just started ur 9-5 lol. He aint sh-t
Hi Mr CIO
@kn going to side with @kh here. He is the most technical of anyone MD has there. Shows up to any level (even those of us mid-level engineers) to engage and help. We needed that years ago when Rat was ruining things.
He got stuck with EADP and worthless techmod. Definitely holes in Techops but they had to move the leader he brought in there. Security you don’t hear much about. Got rid of EC as well. That was big.
@kh his entire group is the biggest joke in tech. Huge waste of time and money. No thanks.
@dz keep the CIO for sure as he know tech and well liked. Just elevate him I bet most will be happy.
make it interesting, make it work
other options, live in a fanstay land and watch the stock tank, competitors gain more market share, more layoffs
the market doesn't care about feelings, just profits, and this trajectory is in the wrong direction....you pick
@fa you want to make it interesting like the trump land
yep MD suffers the same fate as ceo's that don't speak up, don't give at least 1 company wide, something, each week, even if just a note on zero or that vivo thing...
again, the elt team behind closed doors, missing the point, occasional company wide meeting that is behind the same tired 'high energy' video, saying something, but actually saying nothing.
make some bold moves and hold people accountable, it's not that hard
Sadly I think you are right @dz
Chances are fair I know you because you clearly get the situation.
Sigh... Here is hoping the emperors new clothes that is MD gets called out... soon. Before we lose anymore good people and critical Nike knowledge.
@cv EH isn't a tech guy. And his trust is likely being abused. In normal circumstances, you'd want to trust the people working for you to do the right thing and provide information that allows you to make informed choices.
Unfortunately, in tech, we have circumstances that are anything BUT normal.
MD is 100% a manage-up kind of person because she doesn't know a single thing about technology. How fu---d up is your hiring choice for the top tech gig when your entire tech org has to spend more than a year writing whitepapers explaining the absolute basics of technology to that very person? She's a fu--ing fraud so she has to be lying to EH about everything. And EH, who probably doesn't know any better because he wants to trust the LT that works for him, is probably going around thinking everything is fantastic when in reality she is driving things toward disaster.
That said, I would hope that the CEO would evaluate WHY we have both a CIO AND a CTO. That's just fu--ing weird. And redundant. And wasteful. You'd get so much $ savings just by getting rid of one of them.
It’s time to move on HON
EH WILL turn this ship around! I promise you. Those that doubt it can leave the company. #MakeNikeGreatAgain !!
Tech deserves to be destroyed and rebuilt. They get hosed by vendors, ship sh1tty products and build systems that don’t talk to each other. Which is a shame because they have some talented people who happily relocate to the area only to be stuck behind a dinosaur intent on protecting their vendor relationships. Half their day is spent on crafting decks, the other half is split between the gym and the van. The real work gets done by the ETWs. Tech at Nike is stuck in 2010.. the reality is if they don’t do a single thing for the rest of the year, the company wouldn’t miss a beat.
@as got it right...
"The "leaders" are the problem. The ridiculous, schizophrenic strategies are the problem. Amazon lady wanting Nike to be the only thing she knows is the problem. The rotating cast of career resume padders are the problem. If he doesn't see it, he can't fix it."
But literally from the lowest employee up the whole food chain knows that MD Amazon is terrible, so surely EH knows too and just has his hands tied?
Along with many others that need to go.
He has to know... it can't just be a "ignorance is bliss" situation where EH doesn't know, it's just too obvious for that to be true.
So if he knows... why the inaction?
Don't let MD ki-l Tech.
I'm losing confidence in EH.
Anyone who worked with EH has great things to say about him as a leader and human. That's a big plus.
He knows the business and the complexity of the task.
He wants results and accountability from executives.
Starting September this year, you will see the real EH: Accountability, Leadership and Results from VP. No more politics...just good leadership.
Finally, let's not forget that he has to fix a ship in global challenging time and therefore patience.
Nike is Phil’s company. The one ceo that came in and tried to show a streak of independence didn’t last for long. Every leader has been handpicked by him. The leaders of all the key product engine functions are all people who enjoyed and some still enjoy a relationship with him or another close deputy (TC, MP etc). All that to say the company is what it is and won’t be changing much, EH or no EH. Why? Because culture flows from the top and the Nike today is the same Nike that existed before. Only difference is the stock price is lower; these same cycles of layoffs and hiring having been repeating them self since the 70s.
Not that you would, but don't worry about me. My job prospects are just fine elsewhere. I had a decent ride at Nike, but I've accepted that it's time to move on.
If a CEO does not foster a work culture where the most qualified, hardest working, and most loyal employees are rewarded, they are indeed a "bad CEO." EH talks a lot about reviving Nike culture, and it's employees who are the culture. If you run off the best people, who good at their jobs and love the brand, what do you have left?
@as+1jww7v6z5 Perfectly said
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“If someone like me gets laid off, he must be a bad CEO.”
Good luck out there pal!
I was a huge EH believer and so excited when he rejoined Nike as the CEO. After the disastrous reign of JD, I thought we needed a person that understood what Nike was about and put employees first. EH said all the right things and his personality is not robotic like JD, so it seemed like the right choice.
Unfortunately for me, I never saw improvements in the past 9 months since EH came back and my job was cut last month, despite getting HS ratings repeatedly, being one of the best at my role at the company, and being a beacon of the brand in terms of loyalty to Nike. As many former colleagues have told me, if a person like me gets laid off, everyone is on the chopping block, and that's not the kind of culture that most associate with Nike. The place used to be about opportunities, appreciation of sports, and an "irrational love" of the brand. If you had those traits and were awesome at your job, you're future was bright at the Swoosh. Now, you can be all of those things, but it means diddly-squat. If EH can't change that, he's a failure.
He is incompetent. Layoffs did not stop, he isn’t transparent, not capable of any strict actions. We need a better CEO
Like to see more of a strong powerful voice and the company needs to hear something from him weekly...these long stints of no comms just sends everyone back to the default way of detachment thinking, low optimism and job hunting.
In a time of crisis, he needs to step up first and lead by example, he's been too quiet, get on the mic big man!!
It’s time to close Nike
EH seems fine but he's got a dilemma, that a CEO of a company this size is only one person who can't remotely change our trajectory alone. He can align our leadership but otherwise has many more levers available to break things than fix them (see JD if you're looking for evidence). EH needs to become a LEADER of the highest order to right the ship.
What will matter is whether EH can see through the managed up bullsh-t he's fed and grapple with the palpable morale crisis this company is bearing and its causes. The employees are not the problem. The orgs and their shapes are not the problem. The gyms not being open 5 days a week is not the problem. The "leaders" are the problem. The ridiculous, schizophrenic strategies are the problem. Amazon lady wanting Nike to be the only thing she knows is the problem. The rotating cast of career resume padders are the problem. If he doesn't see it, he can't fix it.
The slash and burn it to the ground every 2 years cycle needs to stop and the only way that happens is if EH gets out in front of our malignant manglement and does so himself. Nike needs to heal to win and we ain't even fu--ing close. Give stability, get success. Give chaos, get our stock price plotting against morale. The choice is his.
We have been looking for young, sharp, full of edge person for long time. They don’t want to come to Nike. They have better things to do than come with in the berm.
He should’ve been an interim CEO. A stabilizer. Brought in to restore morale, rally the troops, clean up the marketplace, and do all the grown-man, steady-hand stuff. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, we scout for the next visionary — young, sharp, full of edge — someone to reset the brand for the next 50 years.
Who is EH?
I don’t work at Nike anymore. Looking at it as an outsider, I think he has inherited an incredible mess. Portland is a small town, and we all know enough employees there to have spoken with them. Things are, not great. But EH is a competent and charismatic leader. Nike will get its mojo back. It will take hard work, belief, and dedication.
People should feel fortunate to have this leader at this time.
EH will land the plane,
He gud