Experience of a lifetime, but soul draining at the same time - Anonymous employee NIKE Employee Review

3.0
Nov 9, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Amazing people-more good than bad. A culture that does value individuality...as long as you're a team player. Casual, but faced paced environment, There's no place like Nike in many ways. Part of the "good old days" where Nike celebrated it's people and rewarded hard work.

Cons

People aren't set up to be great leaders and are often promoted because "who they know" and how they manage up, even if Nike tried to change that in light of bad PR a few years ago. Nike is SO big it often gets in it's own way, inefficient processes and the matrixed environment slow things down so much. Sometimes you have to socialize things with 10 directors just to move forward to the next step, and by then you've either lost funding or there's a new priority out, so you just wasted you're time. Extremely competitive. Every few years, senior leadership changes so much that many priorities and process shift completely, just as you're finally getting used to one way of operating. That is exhausting and you can never feel fully on top of it all as often times, you're stretched thin and so is your team.

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Pros

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

Cons

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2.0
Jul 15, 2026
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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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