Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

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am here.

I understand the concern with timing multiple factors that you don't control.
For this reason, I am perpetually applying for roles and going to interviews for opportunities that seem interesting. I attempt to maintain a warm networking and job hunting pipeline, so if a unicorn role pops up or my ticket gets pulled during next rif, I can make the appropriate pivots quickly.
But even if I wasn't doing that, severance for long-tenured employees is a significant amount and provides a longer countdown timer. It also provides breathing room to pivot thoughtfully to a new role and not be desperately grasping at straws.
I am not sticking around just for severance, but in the last year I have had 3 opportunities to leave because the best time to hunt for a job is while you have a job.

@aj and @am: What’s shortsighted is basing your future career plans around the collection of a one-time severance payment. You’d have to thread the needle perfectly, with multiple factors you don’t fully control, to both wait around for severance while then walking into a new job shortly after you collect that severance. To say nothing of how stressful it is to be looking for a new job when you know you’re on a countdown timer.

Ideally you’ve been saving enough money over the years to where severance is a nice extra rather than something you literally need to pay the bills. For anyone in that latter camp (which is probably most people), that’s all the more reason it’s incredibly shortsighted to base your next career move on getting severance.

What if you get that severance but then find today’s job market is definitely not the same as the last time you were looking for a job? I used to be able to easily find a job within weeks. A month or two at most. Last time I went job hunting though, it was a humbling experience. I’m over 40 and as you probably know, most companies these days aren’t looking to hire “geriatric” employees. And yes, for job search purposes being over 40 makes you “old”. But even if you’re under 40 that’s not necessarily helpful. Where do you work when you’re competing with hundreds or even thousands of other laid off employees? To say nothing of everyone else out there looking for jobs.

I’ve never understood the “You should wait for severance!” mentality. In a robust job market, sure. Maybe. But in the current job market that’s a significant gamble that might be well-described by the popular phrase “FAFO”.

If you think you might be let go or you just want to leave regardless, I wouldn’t be waiting around for severance before trying to get another decent job. It’s a really tough lesson to learn that holding out for severance caused you time that you later find out you couldn’t afford to have lost. I know more than a couple people who did have to learn that lesson the hard way.

Recruiters are having a hard time getting roles into Nike (unofficially), non Indians are being rejected constantly.

They needed a way to let Craig go without firing him.

@af After nearly two decades building the brand, leaving without a severance is shortsighted unless you can negotiate a similar hiring bonus (tall order in current market). LT should think about what Microsoft did and publicize a volunteer option to complement the reshaping effort.

@af But first, severance

It is just a job. The solution is simple go find a new one that treats you better. Change can be scary but it happens all of the time. This place has changed and it is not going back to a point where you liked it. Start looking for your next job now because it may take a while. If you know that you are leaving all of the BS that is currently stressing you out won't matter.

We would love for folks that are not adding value.

All of us, can hear what EH told us, and read what Nike officially published, and just leave now. Let's just save them the trouble and let them Just. Do. It. without us

https://about.nike.com/en/newsroom/releases/nike-inc-corporate-announcement-october-1-2026