Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

The biggest atrocity I've seen is the liberal induced array of famous women trotted out the other day in honor of Womens Day as if they have any meaning or value. There's no doubt these women are important and honorable - but why are they Barbie dolls? Who is asking for these?! Barbie's core audience is 3-5 year olds - are you telling us they are clamoring for an Amelia Earhardt doll?! C'mon.......

Or is this some idiot idea drawn up by LM and RD to somehow, some way, appeal to their moms?! And then what's supposed to happen - the moms are supposed to go buy their 3-5 year olds other Barbie's because the brand is honoring famous Women?! You people just can't be this naïve or out of touch, can you?!

Barbie needs to have fun put into the doll and provide value that mom thinks is good for her daughter. Fat Barbie, Man-bun Ken, Hello Barbie - these are all distractions and not getting to the core issue - add fun back into the products!. It's as if the entire Barbie Team is being run by people who are designing for themselves (selfish) instead of young girls. Keep doing what you're doing, boys - you'll be at $500,000 million by the end of 2018.......

I called ER for the first time in my 20+ year career. The day that I did, the person who let me go looked at my LinkedIn profile. Coincidence? I'll never know. The day I was meeting with the director to talk through the department issues, I was let go. The issue was never followed up with by ER at all, and it was business as usual. The manager and the director of the team both had no management experience, and it was very painful and toxic for many on the team. I certainly didn't want to get them in trouble, but I wanted to make sure I wasn't being set up to fail and to be able to move on in my career. I found out later that it's well known that anyone who calls ER in this particular area is usually let go within a month. Not the kind of leadership that will grow the business and create solid teams. What happened to do the right thing and manage with courage? Nike can do better.

I agree with the HR/ER comment about them doing nothing. I worked with a guy at Nike whose entire team complained about him to HR/ER. He was yelling at them, threatening them, demeaning them and 75% of his team was laid off in June and he kept his job.

The man is lazy and a bad manager and he keeps his job while others suffer.

There are so many stories like this at Nike the lazy, BS'r gets to continue coming in late/leaving early, playing golf during working hours and keeps his job.

It's not that difficult. Do the right thing. Stop protecting and being yes persons when you know what some managers are doing to their employees.

Would you allow your family members to be treated this way? I hear that Nike employees are family then start acting like it.

Board of Directors and senior leadership step up and put a stop to it. Bowerman would slap you for not doing the right thing.

It's super tempting to blame HR for what are systemic issues with the organization. Everyone needs a scapegoat and someone to blame when layffs occur. HR is the proverbial messenger. HR is a part of the process, and the strategy of a layoff, no doubt. That said, HR is not the reason the business is tanking, and it's not the reason organizations like Nike have an issue of favoritism, s-xual harassment, political gamesmanship, and s-xism. Could a more strategic HR department affect culture and some of these issues? Yes, absolutely. But, blaming them for the incompetence of leadership and the business as a whole is insane.

Sounds like Rule 70 being used here. Age plus years of service out if total is 70 or over.

Business leaders. Good one. My VP didn’t lead. We checked out his pre Nike credentials and none of them check out. People in our specialized industry outside of Nike don’t know him. The department strategy is still not set nearly 3 years later. People rarely come to work because why should you? Our internal business partners have moved on. How is that a leader? Who vetted that guy? HR?

@Q3RzAbx-4nxr is that your excuse..."we were just following orders? HR is the facilitator of ageism and destructive, predatory terminations. You make the rampant discrimination possible. Without HR, the business leaders you are so quick to blame would be powerless. Instead of being a firewall to prevent abuse, you are the enablers of corruption. For years you have selectively identified, targeted and terminated anyone who did not fit into Nike's manufactured "culture." The layoffs were just one more tool you used to eliminate dissenters and nonconformists. You can say you were just doing your job, following orders, it was not your decision, etc., but the truth is you are an integral element of a shamelessly discriminatory and corrupt process.

Be mad at HR if you want to, but it was your business leaders (not HR) who choose which positions were eliminated and who exited the company. HR and Legal just made sure all protocols were followed and no laws were broken. If ageism exists at Nike, it's not coming from HR. Also, it was no secret that this is happening now. Every HR employee knew going into the June layoffs that it would be CLT first, the rest of the business next and HR last. It always works that way. So saying 'HR is getting a taste of their own medicine', as if HR didn't plan it this way, is just silly and naive.

This is so true, agree 1000%

Some managers I won't use the word leader because very few exist try and manage out tenured employees because they are not the future.

We do discriminate, and it's just a matter of time when someone actually proves this, trust me on this one, all it takes is a good attorney and a determined and pissed off worker.

#Injustice #AgeDiscrimination

It's a shame. If you are older and tenured and have not moved up you are considered a problem. Nike talks about inclusion and diversity but does not practice it with in all of Nike. Some managers I won't use the word leader because very few exist try and manage out tenured employees because they are not the future.

Nikes ER/ HR do not help the employee. Unless a law is being broken they just listen(maybe) and let the manager continue. Remener this people when you go to purchase Nike product. You have a choice it's sad that it's happening and supported.

HR would be helpful if they could actually do something about the rampant ageism.

Nope.