The company is not committed to you so why would you be committed? If they can lay us off without a second thought then we can walk away without giving notice or training our replacement as well. If they believe we should do more with less and for less, then we can and should do the bare minimum as well. We need to start treating Nike exactly as it has been treating us for the past several years. Let's see how well it works out for them.
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"Solid performance reviews, successful at our jobs and discarded like trash."
They fire them and hire someone else who is much cheaper and not a threat to management. Then it appears the company is making money. The only folks who know the company is rotting from within are the ones still inside the company, not the investors or media outside the company.
@qxd that’s exactly why I voluntarily left one year ago. It would be one thing to know that lower performers always risk being canned. But when doing great work and receiving high performance ratings provides no protection whatsoever from random and rolling layoffs, you have to seriously start asking yourself how important job security is to you and how much mental stress you’re willing to endure knowing that next time (there WILL be a next time) it might be your turn to be tossed aside. This is especially true for employees who are 40 or older, who have been at Nike a long time, or are being paid near the top of their salary range. Any one of those three factors makes the target on your back all the larger. We know this from the list of positions that were eliminated. Mostly tenured, older, higher compensated employees got the boot. Most of them will land on their feet by obtaining decent jobs somewhere else. For some of them however their Nike job will regretfully have been the pinnacle of their career and it will be downhill from there. I personally know someone who was laid off two years ago at age 48 and it took him more than a year to find a job he dislikes that also pays almost 50% less than his Nike position. He’ll be the first person to tell you that it was all downhill after being kicked to the curb.
@qxd+1tGw5tED agree, I am just disappointed I actually believed on them. too much kool aid from my end, will never happen again
The worst marketing for Nike and what they’re like as an employer is us, those who were laid off for no reason. Solid performance reviews, successful at our jobs and discarded like trash. Lines on a spreadsheet. Nothing more, nothing less. Doesn’t matter who you are or anything about your life. I also refuse to wear anything Nike. Fu-k em. They did us a favor not being stuck in that toxicity.
Collect your check from Nike & nothing more. Spend your time planning and searching for your next move. Nike does not value you or your work. If your ID shows up in Bain’s spreadsheet you will get canned in the inevitable next purge. Nike was once a fun & meaningful place to work, that is no longer the case & may never be again.
I was extremely loyal for five years, worked 60 hours a week from Aug until April when I was let go, after hearing from HR and my VP I was valued and had a role for the long term at Nike.
My functional VP was a known bully who did whatever she wanted with HR support and approval - yelling, harassing and being rude to everyone.
Now I refuse to enter a Nike/Converse store and donated all my gear.
Will never wear the Swoosh again and will always mention my experience to whoever is asking about how is working at Nike.
Lastly, it is sad and interesting to read the comments and see this is the new normal at Nike. I was hopeful it would change, but won’t.
Many root causes already articulated here, which I agree, and to a certain extent it leads to a group of arrogant leaders (sr d and above) who are basically doing their best to survive at their teams’ expense and an HR that is focused on enabling these leaders and firing anyone who speaks up.
Do not do your minimum. Do your max to find another job and leave. It is not easy but you can do it. Best night of sleep I had was when I was let go.