I am happy to have a job doing what I really love and that is why initially I saw high expectations from employees as a challenge. But now I think Nike is starting to take things too far with its very high expectations from their employees. - How much have your boss's expectations of you increased in the last two years?
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@1vng I’ve accepted a new role already, but I negotiated a later start date to remain eligible for my bonus
Seriously? What expectations? This is a company of zero accountability. You are making it difficult on yourself then if you are struggling. Do yourself a favor and find another job, now.
Sadly, working on the weekend is standard practice these days. The expectations are way too high. And we're all super under staffed.
They should put “aha administrator” in everuones job description at this point what a waste
@1hza, I partially agree with what you said - Aha! Is a waste of time. There is absolutely nothing it offers that cannot be accomplished in Jira but I suppose Nike’s leadership live for PowerPoint, they quickly got seduced by that one unique functionality.
Now, is waiting for a bonus, if you get one, worth it? You know you can negotiate a sign on bonus with a new employer, right? Just saying…
It’s the consultants that JD brought in. They’re the ones shoving Agile and Aha down our throats. It’s just become a really unpleasant place to work, and I can’t wait until I get my bonus so I can leave.
Depends on where you work at Nike and what you do. Some people work 60 hours/week and still can’t keep up due to oppressive workloads. There are others who can get by just fine working no more than 10 hours/week. It would be a mistake to assume that everyone who works at Nike is either massively overworked or massively underworked. We have both types of people. Unfortunately I fall more into the overworked camp. But I know several people who do no more than 10 hours of actual “work” in any given week. Not surprisingly most of them are managers. I’ve always said that Nike could get rid of 20% of its workforce and as long as it was the correct 20% no one would even notice.
I had just the opposite experience: low expectations that allowed most in my department to coast along with no accountability. And a comp structure where you basically get the same raise and bonus regardless of performance or rating.
You might argue that expectations have increased in terms of meeting availability due to zoom and working from home, but on the other hand there is more of a focus on mental health, zoom free Fridays etc. So I definitely didn’t feel anything like that