has anyone been laid off and come back as an ETW? Did you manage to get a FTE role after coming back as an ETW?
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@fj yes, THIS. Luck is such an important factor.
Was laid off, rehired as an ETW, converted, then promoted twice. Sometimes just the team is the luck of the draw.
Grade 40 laid off and came back 6m as an ETW for a couple months before finding another FTE role outside of Nike. Agreed with other posters to not treat coming back as an ETW as a promise to convert.
I quit a bad situation as an FTE. Was recruited back to a different role as an ETW 18 months later and they eventually converted it to an FTE.
I know quite a few people who have done this and ended up making more money in the long run. Teams get eliminated due to strategy, other roles open. No hard feelings. Plenty of people hop around, it’s no big thing. And don’t talk about Nike like going back to an ex, they don’t matter that much, but also leave no bridges burned especially in this economy.
I had someone on my old team who quit as an FTE. Later came back as an ETW, was trying to become FTE but that never happened. His contract got terminated last year.
I've seen this a few times and honestly... despite the sometimes deserved negativity... it was fine.
What was SUPER ironic was just how much of a non-event it was.
me: "oh hey Fred, good to see you".
Fred: "thanks".
Then you would see them popup in Slack, same username, same email, etc.
On with life.
Not financial or career advice.
I agree with the other posters that it’s best to move on, unless you need the money and haven’t been able to find anything else in this terrible job market.
If you do go back as an ETW, I would recommend looking for a job outside of Nike during your assignment.
Move on. You can do it. You got marketable skills. Be like LeBron and take your talents elsewhere.
You can if you have connections or a strong referral but I personally would not go crawling back to an old ex
I know someone from my old team who was laid off in 2020, later came back to Nike as an ETW via a vendor, and now is again a FTE but in a different team.