It seems there aren’t a lot of good places to go to when things go rotten at Nike. HR dept will eventually get ahold of most employee problems that arise and leave us all wondering if anything is actually registering. When the story eventually breaks on a certain international footballers misdeeds against an employee while under contract and the ensuing fallout we will see the true ability of the department to sweep under the carpet and gaslight the most vulnerable of our peers.
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or a group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or group, making them question their own memory, perception, or judgment. It may evoke changes in them such as cognitive dissonance or low self-esteem, rendering the victim additionally dependent on the gaslighter for emotional support and validation. Using denial, misdirection, contradiction, and misinformation, gaslighting involves attempts to destabilize the victim and delegitimize the victim's beliefs.
Have you experienced gaslighting at Nike? Share your experience and let our peers know they don’t need to hide, together we can see “the right thing” gets done.