If you think you are ever safe at nike you are a fool. They don’t care about you. You are a number to them. Layoffs are just part of the culture. Has been that way for the last 10 years and will continue. Best advice- move on! The grass is absolutely greener on the other side of that berm. The stress and anxiety is not worth whatever pride you have in saying you work for nike.
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@a7 I think it depends, my role here at Nike is sought after and I typically have 1 or 2 companies reach out to me a year. Some are equal pay for a lesser role. Sometimes more pay for a higher role.
Reason why I stayed was more of the control I get in my current role. It doesn’t make me more safe but I enjoy doing it. I also still like it here, I just wished they didn’t hit the layoff button twice a year. Sure, I understand the environment but the stress of not knowing how deep to plan in the future weighs on you.
Another thing that helps is my coworkers. We all get along but after layoffs like this, it really hurts a lot to see faces I’ve worked with over the past 10 years get impacted. Lots of good people were impacted in this layoff. I know a lot of them won’t move from the Portland area either… I’m really hoping they find some footing either back here at Nike or another company.
@a7 that’s probably because “Jill” didn’t deserve that high of a salary to begin with and got lucky at Nike getting pushed up the ladder while being incompetent. Maybe “Jill” was a DEI promotion. Maybe “Jill” had some friends with influence. If you’re truly worth your value you can absolutely get the same or better pay elsewhere, especially if willing to relocate.
@a1 but do they happen every year like they do at nike? It is now the norm not the exception
OP, I voluntarily left Nike two years ago and for me the grass was absolutely greener on the other side of the fence. That is not always universally true however. I know colleagues like me who left Nike and did better, and colleagues who left Nike but later wish they hadn’t. I also know at least four people who got laid off from Nike and never really landed on their feet afterwards.
Take “Jill” for example. She got laid off way back in 2017 after nearly 15 years at Nike, and never again found a job paying more than 60% of her Nike pay. That happens more than you and others might think. Especially for employees like Jill who resided in the upper tiers of pay at Nike. If your entire compensation package at Nike has you making $160,000+/year, that type of pay isn’t always easy to find at other companies.
You don’t see people like Jill posting on here because their situations aren’t exactly something they want to brag about.
I just want to survive until I get that lifetime discount then they can let me go if they want.
Leave @a2! We don’t need you.
can I request to get laid off? I want out of here
d-mb comment. layoffs happen at every company. telling people to move on just because layoffs happen is stupid.