NIKE reviews

- When applying, be aware of the title inflation. From a responsibility and workload perspective a director at Nike is equivalent to a Sr. Manager in other large multinational corporations. (However, they will pay Director level.) - Outside hires tend to get "benched" for at least 1 year before being allowed to make significant contributions. If you are a senior manager and want to hit the ground running, Nike is not for you. - Things get done based on cultivating personal relations and talking things trough till all parties + their grandmothers agree (even if they functionally have nothing to do with an action). - There is a bit of a locker room frat culture. Hanging out and drinking is considered essential for building relations which are critical for (career) success. It is not how good you are at your job, it's about how well you are liked.

Take every back stabbing, suck up jerk with low intelligence you have ever known and multiply it by the number of Nike managers and there you have it. The men are odious and it's a zero sum game. If someone does a winning job than an effort must be made to find a loser. The women will go to any length to hang on to a management job. I'm surprised someone hasn't been killed over it. It's a mighty culture of entitlement, insular. I was that way myself but spit the kool aid out just in time. Ex friends will not return calls or communicate onece they get their shot. Trust no one, climb the berm, escape while you can. It's a visible sign to the community that you aren't welcome and its a gilded cage for employees. Never work for an ex Nike manager either. If they come into your company root them out.