Bully Culture if You're Not one of the "chosen ones" - Anonymous employee NIKE Employee Review

2.0
Jun 22, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great Fringe Benefits, flexible work schedule, Summer Fridays, discounted products, Great Product, Getting to be around sport

Cons

Believe the news. It's 100% a bully culture. People get promoted based on their friends and not on their merits. It's a mean-spirited back stabbing culture. The gossip that happens in the office (from Management) is unbelievable. For a company that screams "Be True" "All Inclusive" really has a good smoke screen up when it comes to their internal culture. More often than not you will work with an extremely immature management (I mean we have VP's commenting mean things on Instagram to competitive rivals for crying out loud). The amount of drinking and partying that happens in the office is reminiscent of my college fraternity days.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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