#leadership

She is taking this company so far away from what we once were

So after hundreds of people on here upvoted the damage ac has done and continues to do, he is still here along with all the same vp’s? Assuming JM is still here also. For gods sake….

Is JG still flitting around speaking the game and achieving nothing or has the company finally seen this light weight entitled prima donna for what he is and let him go? Just are not hearing anything on this site about him since leaving a few years back.

My time at Teradata has shown me how resilient and forward-looking this company truly is. Leadership and the Executive Leadership Team have done an impressive job navigating industry changes with a clear strategic vision, keeping the company focused on innovation and long-term growth. While organizational shifts are part of evolving in a competitive market, the company has consistently worked to position employees and customers for future success. Teradata’s leadership communicates a strong sense of purpose, and their commitment to transformation has created exciting new opportunities across the business. The culture remains driven by talented teams, and I’m optimistic about the direction the company is heading under such capable guidance.

Anyone with any insight about when Raleigh will be completely phased out? Leadership has been vague about it (next several years), but no real date as of yet.

I unfortunately was not laid off. Honestly, I would’ve loved to have had 4 to 8 months of severance to get out of this he-l hole.

Unfortunately, I’m stuck behind in a company that’s already dead and doesn’t know it.

The company that Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman created is dead, it’s now filled with a bunch of overpaid mouth breathers, who are politicians more than business people, not the whole company but enough.

Nike’s AI hype is a perfect example. You have a bunch of re--rds running around for three f** years trying to make AI work at Nike and there’s been nothing of measurable value created. The enterprise doesn’t even have a strategy, even though it spent millions of dollars and 100s of resources to do “something” with AI.

Fortunately, the id--ts who decided to go with copilot were all fired or at least most of them. Unfortunately, a new group of id--ts will use AI as some sort of silver bullet to save the company when they have no experience actually doing anything with AI and the company’s problems have nothing to do with AI(at least at the present moment).

It’s just a bunch of people pushing technology they don’t understand, other than it’s a magic word to maintain influence, relevance, and job security.

Don’t get me wrong. Nike was a great company and a great American story. But that company is dead.

So to those of you who got fired, I wish you the best of luck and frankly, I’d rather not be on the Titanic as it sinks.

How many different ways can Venky ruin this company from an operational role? He has a bunch of logistics professionals running sourcing & manufacturing, he is divesting of Vietnam factories to move to India, and now he is outsourcing IT to India. This company wasn't built that way!

Only then there is stock price maxxing

So approximately 8 laid off in ITC and 1392 whq?
Better get to work ITC because those of us that are unfortunately left, who saw knowledge and skill get canned this week are not going to be carrying the workload for you like we have been the last few years.
Tech Leaders - When it’s time for your d-mb panicked questions, ask your chosen workforce at ITC who have zero connection to the biz and no passion for the company.

Yeah, Chevron spends too much on consultants - totally agree. But since this genius reorg there's no one left to do the actual work. Now ELP has to be the guardians of anyone and anything who may use a consultant - oh, except for all the exec consultants who are out of scope. You know, the brilliant folks who designed this mess. $crew you, ELP, and a big eff you to ES.

The company culture is in the toilet and it doesn’t seem like it can be fixed, there are too many unqualified people in too many roles because Abby was too terrified to lay anyone off during the pandemic.

It’s annoying to not know what is going to happen but a massive layoff would be the only thing that could save my group. Managers won’t even show up in the office but then nag and put people on PIPs because of their attendance. Sorry, typo there the “leaders” are leading others to not come in, by example.

Not trying to stir anything, just curious how others see this.

CS sits on the board of Microsoft, and we’re seeing a strong push for Copilot internally.

One Senior Director was asked to deliver the bad news. He did it.
The day after, he was laid off.
The question is: How can you trust?

I have survived so, so many layoff rounds now, and the pattern is always the same. As soon as the last person from the previous round clears out their desk, someone in leadership starts floating the idea of another round. Can we actually have some time to do some work without having to simultaneously worry about our jobs, please?

IAC is changing its corporate name to People Incorporated. Neil Vogel will assume the role of CEO. Barry Diller will become the executive chairman. The company will concentrate on People publishing and MGM Resorts investments. This restructuring plan involves staff reductions.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/barry-diller-shakeup-iac-to-people-inc-neil-vogel-new-ceo-1236578906/

Sounds like all departments in both companies have been told the last two levels of Orgs will be settled in late May through June. This means mass layoffs at this time. Curious if anyone is being told different, later in the year etc.

I know some at the Director level are not being retained and are already aware

EH is very less educated with a typical boomer mentality that technology is just made of fluffy.
He is not a strategic guy to understand that in tech driven world, although you don't need to be tech company but tech drives your competitive advantage.
These layoffs may save a dime before year-end but long term impacts on Nike's ability to compete against its competitors is eroding fast

Elevate Kevin Z and get rid of Alfonso he’s another Manon waiting to happen.

Let them do their thing and eventually sold. Oh the Hubris of SBC Stanley, Stevenson, and their Minions.

Used to work at 2U and left post emergence from bankruptcy. Obviously, this thread used to be jumping quite a bit back in the day during the more caotic and turbulent times. Curious for anyone that still works there, how are things going? Is it still a sh-t show or have things gotten better with all the new leadership

It is difficult to maintain confidence in the current Light & Wonder executive leadership, particularly as their transition from Aristocrat has been overshadowed by a perceived lack of transparency. The decision to displace established leaders in favor of former associates suggests a preference for insular hiring over organizational stability.

Furthermore, an approach that prioritizes rigid internal directives over collaborative expertise has made it challenging to foster a culture of mutual trust.

Which will be under G2 leadership means that CR is here to stay for at least additional 3-4 years.

Some successful and tenured execs were on the chopping block. JM not surprised as possibly headed to retirement, but MG was completely unexpected. P-M coming up next week I heard so this is just the start.

My LinkedIn feed continues to see posts of good coworkers leaving on the own and the posts are increasing in frequency. CDW leadership is ki-ling what used to be a great company (those days are long gone). Leave now while CDW still means something on your resume.

Nike's former CTO agrees with this LKDN post that Nike is divesting the wrong things.
These repeated cuts feel less like a thoughtful long-term strategy and more like a short-term push to satisfy board expectations and quarterly metrics. “Win Now” sounds more like reactive cost-cutting than a real competitive investment plan.

In plain English: Nike should stop overreacting with broad, random headcount reductions and instead focus on making strategic investments that strengthen innovation, technology, and long-term market leadership.

Cutting core capabilities, especially in tech during a digitally driven retail era, risks weakening Nike’s ability to compete, rather than positioning it for sustainable growth.

-- Here is the original post --
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/aalokrathod_nikes-win-now-strategy-is-starting-to-look-share-7454251646185996288-0mPs

Nike’s Win Now strategy is starting to look like a Cut Now reality.

Nike just cut 1,400 roles, mostly in tech.

Their official statement? It's part of their "Win Now" strategy to position for future growth. And I cannot stop laughing at the sheer audacity of that phrase.

You're firing your entire technology department during the most technology-dependent era in retail history, and calling it "Win Now"? That sounds like a surrender with better branding.

This brings Nike's 2026 total workforce reduction to approximately 2,175 employees when combined with the 775 roles eliminated in January, representing a staged approach to cost optimization that most FP&A teams recognize as "we didn't get the cuts right the first time."

When you do layoffs in multiple tranches within four months, you're not executing a strategy. You're making it up as you go. The tech department specifically? That's the department that's supposed to help you compete with lululemon's digital-first model and On's DTC dominance. But sure, let's cut those people because nothing says "future growth" like dismantling your competitive infrastructure.

From an FP&A perspective, this is textbook "optimize for this quarter's EBITDA, worry about revenue growth later." Which works great until your board asks why market share is hemorrhaging faster than your cost savings can offset.

And can we talk about "Win Now" as a strategy name? That's what you yell at your fantasy football team when you're down by 30 points. Real strategies have timelines, milestones, and don't require firing the people who actually know how your systems work.

The forecast model practically writes itself. Cut costs in Q2, miss revenue targets in Q4, announce "restructuring 3.0" in Q1 2027, rinse, repeat. Nike's not positioning for future growth. They're liquidating future capability to hit current-year numbers.

But hey, at least the PowerPoint probably looked incredible.

Our leadership may not be the best but they did pull us out of a difficult situation during Covid and have consistently helped SAP grow to even greater heights. Unfiltered has very low participation. So please participate in this survey as today is the last day. It really helps leadership make good decisions. And the leadership also saved everyone from layoffs as despite all rumors, there was no big layoff announcement. Do not forget to help SAP get to 100% trust in board. After all, we should reward our leadership for the great work they are doing despite difficult macroeconomic conditions and discontent amongst employees who do not want to work hard enough.

And yet lots of good talent let go today….not seeing morale rising anytime soon if poor sr leaders still here….

Great ones went down today. The good Directors and Senior Directors of teams departed likely because the SD or VP above them usually felt threatened. This is why Nike is failing. Best to them. They made us better. I hope they take us with them wherever they go!

Seriously, the "leadership" cares for nothingmore than self preservation. Gtfo now.

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260427222348/en/RJ-Young-Expands-Strategic-Partnership-with-Xerox-to-Serve-Clients-Across-Tennessee-Mississippi-and-West-Virginia

RJ Young, a leading provider of office technology solutions and managed services, today announced an expansion of its growing partnership with Xerox. Under this expanded agreement, RJ Young will now provide technical services for all Xerox clients, with sales support for SMB clients, across Tennessee, Mississippi, and West Virginia.

Can any tech in these areas comment? Are you employed still, did you even know about this?

No VP and no resilience/reliability…..

For years now, every layoff round has taken either a core role or someone who was holding the whole team together. And nothing ever gets backfilled. No follow-up, no acknowledgment of the gaps. It's like leadership wants teams to fall apart. I get that they're just lazy number-crunchers, but even then, this makes no sense.

a. Innovation
b. CEO CFO VP PE swap in & out
c. Mass layoffs and more layoffs
d. Financial frauds
e. Corruption
f. Stock manipulation

Remember Elop ? Here is the sequel.

How do you like deliberate ki-ling of mobile networks business by Justin ?
They don’t even pretend it makes sense, just babble about AI hypercycle ignoring all the institutional knowledge how to build RAN products, while middle mangers jumping like monkeys around Justin amplifying the bs hoping they will be spared.
In a year Nokia will end up with no 6G product and no prospect to even regain ability to do one.
Don’t wait, it is going to get worse from here.

That's this place in a nutshell.

The next employee survey (EXI) opens up on Wednesday... just before the axe swings on Thursday, apparently. Don't let the fact get in the way that leadership doesn't really care and hasn't responded to consecutive surveys pointing to the real causes of plummeting morale... Expect more of the same sh-t... "happy talk" about employee wellness. Happy "action teams" that don't really do anything... less funding, fewer resources, more process, less agency and higher expectations...

Trying to figure out if the HR chick who timed this survey is just trolling or what.

• What reorg has accomplished the stated goals beyond short terms savings from firing people eroded when they had to hire the people back to run the business?
• What big, disruptive strategy initiatives have actually been delivered beyond some instantly outdated chatbot? What from the ET's AI roadmap has actually been delivered and successfully?
• How long does your ET get to blame people that were let go or pushed out for their shortcomings? Some have literally been doing this for years.
• How many top performers get pushed out while you just keep adding heads to compensate for chaotic programs like Salesforce as those you kept have no idea how to run a CRM, including the new CIO?
• How much money do you waste on BCG, McKinsey, etc. with no results to show for it?
• How long do you keep an ET that has a "provide customers everything and the kitchen sink" approach vs having an actual, modern, and innovative product strategy? There is 5 ways to buy every product at pricing that makes no sense to us, never mind customers.
• How many leaders can you hire that have no idea what they are doing, such as the CDO, CFO, new CIO, and many of those leading Engineering, while you fire the people that did the actual work and knew how things worked?
• How low are you willing to let morale go before the company is not longer functional?

In the Southeast ( Georgia), they want to continue to humiliate you with a call at 430 on Friday if you don’t sell 15 new lines a week in micro under the new leadership . Asking you what you are doing to hit your number, why you missed your commit, and what you are doing to make up your deficit. They belittle and degrade you too.

Not only that but they want you working on the weekends (7 days a week) until you sell 15. They are telling you to go to flea markets and stuff. This is ridiculous. Micro sux and so does t-maybe