adidas reviews

3.9

80% would recommend to a friend

(7,141 total reviews)
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89% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

adidas has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 7,141 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The adidas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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7K reviews
2.0
Apr 19, 2019

Happy I left.

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Pros

-401k is awesome. -50% off shoes -"Work from anywhere" day during the week (If you are lucky tho) -When you leave, your resume will look great with "Adidas" on it.

Cons

I faced an enormous amount of issues caused by poor decision making, poor leadership and ego driven decisions. The highest grossing category at Adidas is lifestyle, ORIGINALS and ACTION SPORTS. Originals/Action Sports leadership is laughable: No leader will be providing a clear and assertive decision on "what to do next" fearing the other leaders will criticize. Nobody has enough balls to own a mistake. if you are a manager or a senior manager be ready to stay in your lane waiting for a promotion, because most likely will never happen. Directors keep their seat and their bonus and as someone pointed out, its always the same crew of people on top. HR has always tried to silence issues and never ever solved a single issue I've known. I once thought Adidas was different than Nike, but its not. If you really pay close attention to all the hot product coming out none is from Adidas, and that's only because the decision making is so bad, nothing makes an impact.

1.0
Jul 20, 2018

They are all about athletes.. be one and run away from them!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

50% off employee discount Half day Fridays during summer

Cons

The worse management you can think of.. they all got a job at adidas HQ in Portland! If you plan on relocating to Portland for adidas, do not make the same mistake I did! The management is arrogant and want the employees around them, to praise them, nod their heads and “wow” at their stupid ideas. They all want to show off how “powerful” they are by bossing and humiliating people around. Very few decent people - I feel sorry for them.

1.0
Jan 8, 2016

Rather not

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Pros

If you know how to talk about something you don`t know and you are not technical but business career track seeker - tons of opportunities to grow.

Cons

If you are pursuing technical career track - really difficult to advance plus hard to get really good experience as almost everything which can provide real hands-on experience is outsourced.

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