I’m very curious if the soul crushing hours are just my department or if it is company wide.
I find it ironic that our external communications focuses on physical and mental health and yet I often work so much I can’t even shower or have a proper meal, let alone exercise.
This extends to many of my close colleagues, so I’m curious about the rest of the company.
Regularly in excess of 50 hours. Accumulated months of overtimes that never could be claimed due to M2, M1 and HR.
I remember being on calls with my old director at 7pm. She would need to be off camera because she would be bathing her kids at the same time.
Needless to say, she left.
I work around 60-65 hrs a week, including nights and weekends. I have kids so I have to get them early, then once I pick them up and take care of them I work from 8pm till around 1-2am. I am an average performer so if I didn’t do all that I would be below average. I am recently promoted (M4 to M3) this way of working is normal at adidas and expected.
I find myself doing the bare minimum after all the years of busting my a-s and doing big favors for people from other BUs and getting nothing in return. Haven’t been here very long but know a coworker who just got his first promotion out of an entry level role after being with the company long enough to qualify for sabbatical. Not gonna waste my time working hard for a company that torpedoes any form of career advancement.
At least 10/11 hours actively working, then responding the odd Teams/Text/WhatsApp.
I remember attending a meeting for global where Sancia Zheng proudly talked about the 996 work culture in apac. (9am to 9pm, 6 days a week) I knew we were screwed if people with that mentality were being promoted to a global position.
If your work has to overlap with Europe and Asia, 12 hour days minimum, several times a week.
The week Nike closed to prioritize mental health for their corporate employees I worked about to 60 at adidas. That wasn’t a great feeling.
How about filing an official request to subpoena the health insurance companies and see how many people at adidas were and are sick due to being overworked, burnt-out and ill due to line-ups, bullying, mobbing, bossing and everything in between, fake MDEs, fake employee development frameworks, 3C and other “high-performance” BS acronyms. This would show exactly the sh---y reality at adidas.
Too much for the dime the company is worth of. Thank God I am leaving soon!
Obviously the health is just BS PR for Linkedin, with a pinch of music (ahem).
Minimum 9-10 hours a day, week-end work and permanent Teams connection.