Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

Dear OP, pls also consider that Nike does reward the BAD leaders. Just look at the culture that had been fostered for decades. The bullying, the discrimination, BS CFE process, overpaid athletes, underpaid worker bees, overpaid SLT, politics, backstabbing, fear, intimidation etc. All this toxicity exists because they reward and encourage bad leaders to thrive. Hiring “preferred” candidates, nepotism, scape goating is the MO of the so called leaders, and yes, they are rewarded for this, good leaders are shown the door…

How can there be real leadership when it's a company full of "leaders" with bullsh-t degrees that have nothing to do with their job, but were hired and propped up because they played some sports in high school or D3 no name school?

This is very true, but they do reward “leadership” for their diversity hiring. My former VP made sure to let his hiring team know the strict “qualification” he was looking for so he could get paid, which he did get paid for. Right JN!

I used to work in another corporate before Nike. It was still corporate culture but boy the leadership culture was wayyyyy different!
The business hot slow during covid. My manager took a pay cut to avoid laying off a few new folks who were new to the company. If he wanted, he could have easily cut them during probation period. He did not.

Another teammate was cut stealing from client's budget. When evidence was presented to manager, he gave him the benefit of doubt. He sat down with him for some serious conversation and gave him a second chance but did not fire him. That teammate later became a great contributor and completely changed

We were behind deliverables? He would email his VP taking full responsibility for the delay

Raised were based on performance review and measurable KPI. One would not get a raise if they were poor performer. If someone did a good job, they would have easily earned 20 or 25 percent raise...

It was still a bloody international corporate but man it was so different 😪