Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

Be the Change!

I am so sorry to those who have been forced out.

It isn't your fault if you didn't challenge the system and were placed on a struggling project, or under an incapable supervisor.

Unfortunately employee productivity is also being blamed for Nike's current financial struggles, i.e., not successfully executing the strategic plan, rather than dealing with that the plan hasn't been that great.

Otherwise we'd see more VPs, directors and managers laid off too... Here we have some hard life lessons to learn.

Hopefully, whether you are in or out, this utter and painful mess will motivate us to try and influence change and not just fester bitterness (which I completely understand).

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This is one of many reasons why savvy job seekers in this town avoid interviewing at Nike . . .

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Those who challenged the system at the S band level either left or were forced out already, leaving the yes-men and women (as well as those afraid to speak up, or lose their jobs). These people didn't get the job done. Now the E bands and below lay the price. However, C level folks are running the ship, so they should be ultimately accountable for what happens below them.

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easier said than done.

would love to change things.

yet, it always felt impossible.

maybe 20 years ago, when we were much smaller, you were able to impact things.

today, everything is so interconnected and complicated, i just feel like i am a super small piece i a huge puzzle...

nike is my 4th employer in about 25 years of career, it's not bad here - you need to put things into perspective. injustice, backstabbing, politics - it's omnipresent in the corporate world, nike is not as bad as other three places where i worked. i am not trying to justify all the bad moves the c-level has been making recently, just trying to share my experience...

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