It all depends on your direct manager... - Color Development Associate NIKE Employee Review

3.0
Jan 24, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are very competitive. If you are on a good team, it's one of the best places to work. Make sure your manager is a good person to work for, there are talented workers that don't always make good managers, so be wary of people that were promoted without the proper screening. Unique sports and health forward environment. Fun company-wide events on the HQ campus. Internships are hard to come by, but if you can get in, you will have a pretty smooth career if offered a job at the end. Employee store discounts and sample sales are very nice.

Cons

Cutthroat working environment. (relative to less aggressive companies in the same industry) Just because it is a sports/athletics company, it still functions like a blue-chip capitalist corporate company. Like many companies, promotions are rarely given on merit. HR and the employee relations team is toothless when advocating for employees not in management positions. (See Trevor Edwards scandal for just one easy example). Nike pretends to be one of those "woke" companies but operates behind the scenes in quite the opposite way. The stifling political correctness of Portland often seeps into the culture.

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5.0
Apr 22, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Care for their employees, great PTO and benefits, work-life balance importance, local community, product discounts

Cons

Location, in office 4 days per week requirement

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

discounted gear, a paycheck in a tough job market, free gyms

Cons

This company has completely given up on investing in its employees. Even during difficult times, it should still recognize, reward, and develop its strongest contributors. People who lead major, high-impact projects receive little to no recognition, reward, or career advancement and are treated the same as those who contribute very little. There are virtually no opportunities for growth or promotion, and favoritism seems to play a significant role in career progression. If your manager doesn't like you or doesn't advocate for you, advancement becomes even more difficult. The expectation is to continuously deliver more work with little or no recognition or investment in your career. I've worked at companies that paid significantly less than Nike, yet they were much better at recognizing talent by giving employees titles and responsibilities and projects that reflected their skills and contributions and interest. Here, unless you're one of the favored employees, there is little opportunity to grow, regardless of your impact. Again, if your manager has something against you, your future is very limited at Nike.

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