Thread regarding Nike Inc. layoffs

When interviewing try hard to not sound like a Nike robot. It's difficult but you will realize quickly how much BS comes out of your mouth working at Nike that doesn't apply anywhere else.

@OP you should absolutely take a break, decompress, deprogram, and chill for at least a month. That’s what the severance is for.

@OP here, thank you for the responses.

This does open up a few more places to apply/look into for jobs.

And I was in Tech so no product knowledge or anything very “classified” that hundreds of other companies aren’t using as their software/hardware stack.

In Oregon non-competes are held to a high standard when it comes to enforcement. I.e., a company has to demonstrate an extremely compelling reason for a court to determine a non-compete can and should be enforced.

This typically happens with high-level (VP and higher) positions, or positions where you have an unusually high & rare level of insight into processes or other sensitive information.

In truth and practically speaking most non-competes aren’t enforceable.

I bounced from product innovation earlier this year. They ain't enforcing non competes anymore. Go get the chedda.

Why are you even worried about this if you're laid off? If Nike valued your skills and was concerned about you working for a competitor, it wouldn't have laid you off. It's also ludicrous to think a company can choose not to hire you but also has the power to prevent you from working somewhere else. Hence my question of why are you concerned about a company that's not paying you? Imagine if your boy/girlfriend dumps you but says you can't date so and so. It would make no sense.

If Nike enforced non compete for you then they will have to pay you salary. Check the documents you signed when you joined Nike. Since it's additional cost to Nike, they rarely enforce it. They have to let you know within 30 days of your termination.

No one cares, keep quiet, stay off LinkedIn and do your thing.

Note that non competes have changed a lot. Most of them are not valid, especially if you were not compensated for it... Check with a lawyer, a good investment

When your termination day approaches in July, they will reach out to your manager if you have a noncompete and ask them if it needs to be enforced. If they say no, then you are all set. If you hear nothing, then it was not enforced.

Unless you were in product design and know about releases or upcoming highly classified product information, it is unlikely they will enforce your noncompete.

Just remember, if you do have a noncompete and you accept a role with a competitor, you have to notify them otherwise you jeopardize your severance. It’s one of the conditions of the noncompete.