I walk through the building now and the place is deserted. There are lights on in some of the manager's offices but all the doors are closed. The CIO and CISO are nowhere to be seen. It feels like the first episode of the Walking Dead. Empty desks as far as you can see. I think they could save money by consolidating everyone left into half of one building. Maybe that's the plan. Not everyone was fired. I don't think people are working from home, I think they just stopped showing up. I didn't show up on monday and no one said a word. No one was there to say a word. I'm taking this friday and monday off. I want to see how far I can stretch this. I want to work but there is nothing to do. Like others who posted here I am planning my exit. There are plenty of good jobs out there for people who want to work. I wonder how long it will take someone to notice when I leave? This used to be such a vibrant and exciting place. Now it's a graveyard. Fear the walking dead. Sad.
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I see someone claiming to be Matthew Townsend of Bloomberg posted here. When Jeff Manning of the Oregonian did the same the thread quickly disappeared. His story didn't even touch the surface of the impact of the layoffs. I don't blame him, probably nobody called him. Good reporters need good sources. Don't be afraid of Nike. They're a paper tiger and will do anything to avoid bad press. Verify the email before you contact Townsend and if you are still there use a private account or phone, not your Nike ones. I'd like to see Bloomberg dig into the state of Nike IT and particularly outsourcing. This is not unique to Nike but we were hit harder than most. Money is being thrown at new buildings and fancy offices for executives while good people are kicked to the curb and jobs are sent overseas. I am now working for a management consulting company. I tell my clients that IT is too important to the financial health and safety of a company to outsource overseas. Any money you save is not worth the risk to the network and their data. Nike will have to learn the hard way I suppose.
Yep, Nike IT is on life support and doesn’t have long to live.
would love to hear more mtownsend9@bloomberg.net or https://twitter.com/matt_townsend
It's not the company that's dying it's IT. What you're seeing is what happens to a company that thinks it can outsource its core functions like it outsources its catering. When you outsource you put the life of the company in the hands of strangers. You're being replaced by an app or someone with half your skill and half your pay. JM4 knows this but is only looking at the bottom line. Their laptops, phones, travel, laundry, everything, is taken care of by their admins. They don't live in the same world we do. If you're still in IT, leave now. You will eventually be laid off and your job outsourced. You have no future at Nike IT because there is no future in NIke IT.
I'm still here and come in every day. I am becoming the exception to the rule. No one is showing up. All I hear now are stories about how one person got an offer or someone else is interviewing today. How can the CIO and CISO let this go on? I never thought I would see this happen here. This is what a dying company looks like.
If you come in everyday and do something well or keep sh-- running you will be missed for sure. Technology Leadership is usually first to notice. They start wondering why did that thing, process, server, application suddenly break. The layoff formula appeared to be if something never broke and was maintained by a long time Nike employee they were first to go. Well guess what, sh-- is starting to break and no one is jumping out of bed at 4am to fix it. “I hope offshore opened a ticket” said one tech leader to another.
Same here. Our team used to have a routine of coffee at the Paint early every morning. After June there were fewer in the morning group, after August just me and one other, the person I started with years ago. We only lost a third of our team but people stopped showing up early and then stopped showing up at all. We both got offers and are gone by the end of the month. We're starting over in a company that takes IT seriously and doesn't run the place like their own little fiefdom. I feel sad for those left behind but this is a matter of survival. I'm too young to retire and too old to stay with a sinking ship. Like OP, I wonder how long it will take anyone to notice we're gone?