Stress and burnout are affecting too many people here. I personally have never had more work to do. For now, I'm trying to continue to do my best for the fear of losing my job, but in the meantime I hope to be able to land something else. How do you deal with too much work?
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@2egh Believe it or not some people at Nike do actual “work”. Work that involves producing a large volume of difficult deliverables. Not all of us at Nike have the luxury of working in “soft” positions where a majority of time is spent attending meetings and pontificating our navels. No, some of us spend our days behind computer screens doing real heads-down work that can easily become overwhelming. For example, having to produce 1/2 dozen complex reports every month that require an understanding of and facility with advanced mathematics, heady concepts in international finance, and require input from multiple global stakeholders.
Yes, thousands of us do real “work” like that. We have degrees in accounting, finance, computer science, law, etc. We don’t work in “cool” functions, we don’t prepare many presentations, we don’t have an inordinate amount of meetings, we don’t have large budgets to travel and to do other fun things, and we definitely are never sitting around with no work to do. We’re the people in the background who keep this company running.
I realize not everyone and maybe even most people at Nike don’t have those types of jobs. It sounds like you didn’t. Some of us do however. And it can be a constant slog just to keep up. If that wasn’t your experience while at Nike then consider yourself very lucky. Trust me when I tell you that those of us who have those types of jobs would LOVE to exist at the same Nike you were familiar with where people didn’t have to do actual work every day. Must have been nice.
Interesting...wonder what 'work' you're working on that you are so 'overworked'. Most of the 'work' that comes out of Nike is found in the form of stupid, unnecessary meetings; presentation decks that are of no use to the actual consumer; more meetings; long lunches in the cafeteria and let's not forget the 'work' of two hour gym workouts.
So quit your crying, identify if the work you are doing is actually moving the needle and either suck it up or find a less 'work' filled position.
PS it's called work for a reason. Doesn't mean the work is legit work but, it is called 'work' nonetheless.
PSS glad I'm out of that cesspool. Do not miss one thing about the place nor the people.
With all the shuffling up top, good middle managers have been pushed out, getting replaced by new blood (but not really, follow LinkedIn and you’ll see they’re longtime sycophants following their leader’s career hop).
Fish rot from the head. It takes time but eventually the body goes too. That’s where we’re at.
Get out. This isn’t 2010 Nike anymore.
I’ll tell you how I dealt with it OP. I quit. Seriously. I decided that I had spent too much time on the hamster wheel and I quit. I got tired of working for people who made 2x my salary for doing 3x less work than me. That kind of rubbed me the wrong way. I also decided that my situation probably wasn’t going to ever change until I did something to change it. So, in case I forgot to mention this, I quit.
I work at a different company now. I have few regrets with my time at Nike. It had its moments. But I am sincerely glad I left. My current job has confirmed the suspicions I had while at Nike: I was being overworked and underpaid.
I’m not saying YOU should quit OP. Nike can be a great place to work if you find yourself in the right position. That’s the trick though, isn’t it? There’s a magic formula to landing in that right position. I was never able to figure it out. I was only able to figure out that “working hard” didn’t seem to be part of it. If anything, “working hard” served as an incentive to keep you right where you are!
Maybe go full-on “Office Space”? When people send work to you start politely declining. Say “No thanks” more often. As soon as enough people start to realize that you have become near useless, that may finally open the door to a well-deserved promotion!
That’s the way it was 8 years ago and so not by accident.
Yes, because not wearing a certain type of clothing is going to lessen the burden or stress? Or, take dr-gs and make everything worse?
I wish I had an answer for you, but ultimately do what makes you happy. No job or amount of money it worth being miserable. When times are tough for a business, it’s ultimately the employees who feel the sting. Focus on doing your best and be at peace with it. You can’t control the future, but you can control the present.