Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

@j2

You are not alone. Patience.

Addressing problems at Nike isn’t actually possible. HR/ER/People Solutions and Legal exist to protect NIKE! is there to “protect” the company. In order to address the problem these teams would have to look at the real issues which are their leaders. All of those teams report into EH. When these teams ignore and disregard speak up complaints THEY aren’t addressing the REAL problems! People shouldn’t have to leave their jobs because these teams are self serving. I HAD to leave my job of 25 years because after 3 formal complaints that can be more than substantiated, they were overlooked and ignored because my boss thinks she’s untouchable because of the VP that she reports to. Now I’m working with the EEOC to fight for my rights and Nike has to pay outside lawyers to do damage control. That comes with a monetary cost and a cost to the image of what the company stands for. Nike needs to do better! They will continue to fail for as long as they continue to allow leaders to behave unethically. What ever happened to “do the right thing”. Instead it’s “know the right people”! I personally will keep fighting until justice is served because I did the right thing. I documented. I stood up for myself and the truth doesn’t lie. It might be in a courtroom but I won’t back down and o hope that others find the courage to speak up anonymously and report this conduct to the EEOC. Do it scared! There is a systemic problem that needs to be addressed and EH knows it! TH knows it! LT knows it! RL knows it! I’m only one person but this toxic culture has become the norm and it’s not ok!

Pure corporate drivel.

Agree that this sounds like an HR attrition post.

Adidas

@ce nailed it. This sounds closer to an HR attrition post than a big brain moment for someone.

Nike's culture today is not one where people can address issues. They are not in your or my control, they are in the control of inept leadership who do not have the answers and who have too great egos to listen to anyone else. Nike "leadership" is about the single largest group of the thinnest skin people you can find anywhere. No one is addressing anything when there is a retaliatory culture that prevents it, which is precisely why you see acceptance manifesting as mass demoralization.

If the economy weren't in the tank Nike would be learning a lesson right now with exits.

While practical advice in concept, this level of reductive reasoning shows a total lack of understanding or empathy. People are frustrated because they are forced to accept sh---y leadership, addressing problems is risky and requires significant political sway in the company, and exiting requires finding new employment.

If you think all that is “simple”, then you are the simpleton.

@a1 100% agree. Exiting doesn't mean admitting defeat -> quite the contrary... that someone exhausted the meaningful choices and that is still not good enough. Exit and find something better (no sarcasm).

True. I agree with the three choices, but there’s an important fourth consideration: whether people actually have a safe and credible opportunity to address the problem.

“Address it” only works when leaders are genuinely willing to listen, allow people to question decisions, and consider uncomfortable feedback without retaliation or consequences.

Sometimes employees aren’t choosing between accept, address, or exit. They’ve tried to address the issue repeatedly, only to learn that the organization doesn’t really want the problem surfaced.

At that point, exiting may not mean the employee failed to adapt - it may mean they recognized the environment isn’t one where constructive challenge is truly valued. They realized they outgrew the room. Nike has no leadership - it has people out for themselves and who want more power & money.