Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

No matter what the company says or doesn’t say, it completely depends on your manager. I’ve had good managers for work/life balance and bad ones. All with the same company “policies”.

They are incredibly accomodating. Where else can you get 12 weeks of maternal AND paternal leave, of have half day Friday's to spend more time with the family in the summer, or wellness week just before school starts back for a end of summer vacation.

"Nike" and "familly" are 2 different words...not only in a dictionary.

Only for indian families

Nike has wonderful families / moms and dads groups. You can search and join on slack. I highly recommend you look into the resources Nike provides. After one week, I’m surprised you have this experience.

All of the information is available online that you are requesting… not sure why you are asking here - search HR website.

It depends on four team and manager honestly. Had one manager who was a family man, would tell me to take time off whenever needed and was flexible because of that he understood. Had another where they didn’t have any, really kind of made it harder and felt like they’d judge for those unexpected missed days due to family stuff, sick kids, events etc. There’s still great benefits with maternity leave for the father, and good pro however. Not many places have that around here.

Here's the thing, what you're trying to solve for is not really about a policy or benefit, but instead a cultural issue. You can't effectively regulate your co workers to better reflect the kind of work life balance that you'd like to see. Per your question, you'll find the culture of each team at Nike can vary greatly and the greatest level of influence for that comes from the immediate team people manager. Managers who have to face the same parenting demands as yourself are going to create a team culture that reflects that and the opposite if they don't. As much as there's all the talk about empathy and understanding people with different situations it's almost never the case that people are good at thinking outside of their own lived experience. So...as someone else posted, you'll either have to be the cultural change agent on your team or find a different team that is more attuned to your needs.

I find them to be incredibly helpful with benefits and I suggest you call health insurance and Hr to understand exactly what those benefits are. Otherwise I may think you’re press?

Compared to most American companies Nike has more leave for both mat and pat, better PTO, better WLB and better healthcare and fertility/adoption etc benefits. It’s up there with top tier companies and I haven’t seen better unless you’re in Europe or working for a European company

There are great pro-family company benefits, but from a day-to-day perspective, support for managing your time to prioritize family needs can vary greatly by team and leader. Another thing to consider is the stories you are telling yourself. Are you assuming you wouldn’t have support in creating the balance you need, just because of the behavior of your co-workers? Maybe that’s not exactly true. You could try setting some boundaries for yourself and communicate them to set expectations. (Example: “I need to depart from the offsite by Friday afternoon for family activities I can’t miss,” or “slack messages received after 5:00 pm will be returned the next business day.” Teach the team how to work with you in a way that supports your priorities. You might get positive results that surprise you.