For those of you who are actively interviewing (laid off/still here) are you finding the sentiment towards Nike talent (you) shifting? Do you feel as if potential employers aren’t seeing Nike talent the same and has degraded from years past? I’m wondering as the stock has dropped, layoffs, and franchise struggles have occurred in the past couple of years, people are associating the talent from Nike either B or C tier externally… I feel like there was a time we were considering A tier or B+ but that has now fallen. I know HON sent Lulu stock down, is that isolated or are other feeling the judgement as well?
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We got the 3rd string in right now. Any good employee moved on to smaller brands
@jk that's just because the job market is sh-t right now
Skills trump employer baggage. If you’re a rockstar you’re a rockstar. Also it’s not brand deterioration it’s actually talent deterioration. Nike has been pushing talent away for years and has moved into just carelessly doing it openly. Last layoff is a great example. No effort to keep talent or even move it around. Just hard location lines and simple org decisions.
All the past bad employees have set the tone in Portland. You can pretend it’s a lie but the Ghosting and no call backs enshrines the do not hire Nike policy.
Personally for me, I won’t be hiring Nike employees at my next company either. I only have bad things to say and going to share the do not hire Nike policy
From what I heard from some recruiters that I’m friends with (I’m not applying for jobs myself) their companies have had bad experiences with former-Nike hires, in the effect they didn’t perform to the level they allegedly said they could, or needed them to. This doesn’t mean that they will discriminate against future Nike hires, but it does give them pause in taking them seriously.
For me, west coast companies did not want ex-Nike... especially if we were laid off. East coast and Midwest job search, I did not have that problem. The credibility seems to still hold and I landed a great job in Chicago.
@f1 A least try to make a believable lie.
Some companies in Portland have a don’t hire Nike employee policy. I got that from 2 HR leads at other companies. Nike lost is glory
So far with recruiters in the Oregon and Washington area with Nike as history makes you radioactive especially in the Portland metro
The caliber is shifting. It doesn’t hold the same significance it once did. I actually had a recruiter ask me to provide more context related to my other roles through my career despite my role at Nike because the organization signals chaos and lack of structure. This doesn’t apply to all, but it’s absolutely shifting. It’s not the flex it was at one time.
I’ve had recruiters tell me they are hesitant to call Nike employees because they can’t compete with the high Nike salaries
Refreshing to hear
I voluntarily left Nike four years ago after working there for 15 years. Despite holding higher positions in other companies since leaving, I still receive calls from recruiters and hiring managers because of my previous association with Nike.
@OP it may depend on what part of the business you are in, i could see product design getting B,C ratings because of recent products redundant to whats jn the market, or if nk is/was your first job. Unless like footwear and you have a long resume and worked elsewhere before nk you may still retain an A rating. It would be hard i imagine to fluff your credentials, the competitor companies are not stupid they have to work much more strategic specifically on finances, and if a smaller company work harder. Nk can be perceived as being spoiled particularly when it comes to benfits and perks, and may not be perceived as capable of working with less.