NIKE reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(13,226 total reviews)
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Elliott Hill

78% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

NIKE has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 13,226 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The NIKE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.7 stars).

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13K reviews
3.0
Jan 24, 2020
Recommend
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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.

2.0
Jan 15, 2020

Great benefits, Demeaning Culture, Biased Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, some of the best in the US. Maturity and paternity leaves are beyond generous. Great 401k options and ROIs, strong profit sharing and vesting schedules.

Cons

Management (Executive, Senior & Middle) are far below Fortune 500 level. Given my former roles proximity to these groups, I viewed management’s handling of grievances, promotion criteria and handling of discriminatory occurrences where too often favoritism was the deciding factor vs. considering facts, integrity, HR standards, merit or impact to corporate culture. Morale and corporate culture are complete opposite of what the brand claims to support (empowering minorities, merit based promotions and/or hires, etc).

5.0
Dec 8, 2019

HR Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Executive leadership admits when and where change/agility is needed an takes counsel from the lower level SME’s! I was told on my first day by from an executive leader that I was hired for my expertise, experience and knowledge so I should question things that don’t seem efficient. That was a first in my career! Great compensation and growth opportunities! I pinch myself everyday over the fact that I was given the opportunity to work for this amazing organization!

Cons

There does seem to be a fairly high tolerance for the underperforming associates.

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