yes collateral damage happens in fortune 100 restructures. nike isn't unique. good employees in wrong place at wrong time due to doomed projects or bad managers. great employees in crossfire don't run to anonymous message boards to whine. they get scooped up quickly by the market and move on.
hr doesn't make decisions they are made by business. hr just doers. internal and external counsel review for months before employee notified. all talk of discrimination/eeoc? sure, pursue all options. but be informed and don't put all your trust in repeat anonymous online posters. nike sometimes makes dumb decisions with $. but they usually informed.
hr happens after business and rumor has started this week with a bunch of long term vps.
bad earnings don't mean more layoffs each quarter. if thats what you think, you aren't listening.
you worked for years with no direction and nothing to do? and you blame nike for getting laid off?
yep cfe process s---s, but news flash. difference in S, HS, and E is 1%. and almost EVERYONE thinks they are HS or E. every year. its not just managers fault. process s---s.
someone told you they had an offer at nike but turned it down after reading this forum? BAHAHAHA. hilarious. even if true, nike dodged a dud.
you won't be hired back within a year because big companies make policies informed by fed and state laws. not a nike thing. normal. may happen to a few but exceptions.
i know 6 people fired. severance wasn't withheld until 9/30. they given notice to evaluate and accept the package. not unique to nike.
all 6 people got generous packages. i kinda wanted one but nike is still nike. regardless what the dozen or so folks on here post over and over again, vast majority us employees love the company. and all 6 of my former colleagues would come back in a heartbeat. work can be frustrating but that is why we get paid to do it.
waste at nike. ya. lots of it. dinners, happy hours, swag, and some employees/leaders that skate by for decades collecting paychecks, designing 5000 different black t-shirts. not unique to nike. i have sorority sisters all over silicone valley at google, apple, facebook, and others. same thing happens everywhere.
"stop construction so you can keep paying employees". dumb analogy. short-sighted. why keep paying people to work on products we no longer intend to sell?
h1 abuse? h1 is public info. exaggerating this topic. go do your own analysis at h1bdata dot info
unionize? dummy. terrible idea.
5 of the 6 i know felt respected when fired. 1 did not but he tried to take files with him and got escorted. c'mon, common sense.
sweatshops? c'mon. nike moved entire industry forward in past decade and has strictest policies. all public info.
nike is cliquish? yep. so are elementary schools, sororities and all fortune companies.
move laid off employees to other jobs posted? they did. bunch of my friends in new roles. but some accountants don't design good shoes and designers don't make good IT people. not always a fit.
5 employee store passes? good god i hope that didn't really happen! none of people i know received passes.
"successful employees at Nike are exceptional at other companies". every company tells employees that.
this is not much fun right now. but being mean on anonymous message board doesn't make it better.
nike is great. not perfect but great. it will get better. chin up people. drink the cool-aid or move on. all companies have cool-aid and want you to drink it. when it starts tasting sour either pour it out and leave or add more sugar!