Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

The problem is that no-one thinks they’re the problem. I had a Sr. Director who had almost no real management experience and no clue how to develop and coach people or treat the entire team equitably (unless they’re the favored one). If someone isn’t performing, the answer is to move them on and shuffle the issue to someone else! Such an emphasis on controllong every little detail in order to manage up properly, this person and many others I’m sure, can’t seem to get their heads out of the weeds to see that no one’s steering the ship!

I think most people come from a good place, the problem is that they’re so riddled with blind spots and micro-behaviors that they really don’t see themselves as part of the problem. Anyway, I opted to preserve my self-respect and resigned - I couldn’t reconcile just collecting a paycheck - what’s the point if you can’t enjoy it? I’d rather make less money somewhere else and feel like a valued member of a team.

Back before anybody wanted NSW. MP beats, me and my girl split the bucket at KFC

Nike promoted incorrectly. The people in senior director and junior vp roles here do not represent what Phil’s vision. They are nasty cutthroat in it for themselves types. I know a recently promoted director to senior director who has never built a strategy and has a history of absenteeism. Yet the vp of the department was too disconnected to know that and promoted him. The guy is widely thought of as a clown. It just demoralizes everyone. So in the freestyle environment and following this guys lead people have just stopped showing up. This is the new Nike.

Everyone with a British accent? IDK, about some but SP was one of the best leaders I ever had and my manager told us he was only fired because of he reported through JM to TE. WTF?

Ah yes, the Euro accent.....

F that. The vast majority of incompetent male leaders suffer from overblown egos, wear scarves and have British accents. The prick with the French accent was purged....way too late.

Hopefully, senior leadership will wake up and smell the tea and purge some more of the prats.

Nike is a global company but in North America they fall in love with European accents. If someone with a British accent says something, no matter if it is stupid, or just repeating what someone else said it is met with wide eyed amazement. Love how Nike keeps bringing unqualified euros over. The talent pool in North America is so deep that anyone 3-4 slots downs depth chart is more talented then every senior director in Europe. This is a fatal flaw in the system.

I personally worked with four people (2 Men, 2 women) who literally and blatantly did not do any part of their job, including not showing up for work. I mean they consistently would not take on tasks, come to meetings or answer emails about things they were accountable for in their position. When the issue was raised to their manager (Sr Dir/VP), it was met with a shrug of the shoulders.

Instead these four focused their time on having coffee/lunch with people in their “dream job” function. I thought that surely they would be found out, get a negative CFE and be told they needed to do the job they were in first before they could be considered for another role.

Ha ha, nope, not at Nike! All of them got what they wanted, and no negative repurcussions for failing to do their job. That’s when I realized what a stooge I’d been been for actually feeling accountability for my role.

No doubt this scenario plays itself out over & over in every group here.

As long as the most incompetent people I work with are still here I know that it will take a whole heck of a lot for them to fire me. For example.... I don't work with her now, but used to work with this women in the digital who was demoted and has absolutely no work ethic except to her high school team she coaches. She tells people she comes in at 7 every morning and leaves at 3:30 each day during her season to 'coach'. No one ever checks this, but my sons friends' parents have seen her at practice even earlier than that on a regular basis, b/c they share the field and have told me she bragged about leaving early and everyday. The lack of accountability by her and or her boss is stunning. I'm just glad she and I don't work close together anymore. Other people she would work with come to me for help, b/c she was just the 'excuse machine'. She is always trying to take credit for other peoples work and put her own 'spin' on the work of the team by 'communicating' the news. ...all the while...not doing what her job was. It wasn't that she was so phony I think and they said but ...It was that she was so blatant about not actually delivering anything ever. She never actually did any work except be a 'think partner' and offer her help to plan ideas. She likes to do everything that is not in her actual job. I'm dumbfounded how she still has a job here. It's like a vortex that she operates in. Everyone knows it, but somehow she's still here...me and her work bestie would talk about how they were surprised she didn't get laid off last year.

Agree. Way to many and they do not interact with those that report to them. Lots of newer Directors, Senior Direct and VPs who have changed the Nike culture for the worst.

MP has seemed to have missed it or does not really care as long as the business grows.

To bad the environment and lack of real leaders has made it not such a great place to work for many.