NIKE reviews

The BIGGEST gripe by myself(actually why I left) and many, many others is the unfair promotion practices. It is their HR policy to promote from within first, etc., but almost all the higher up jobs go those coming in from outside the company. And if you do get bumped up from within it is because you are buddies with a VP or already have a family member in a position of power. Obviously that is not true in every case, but more often than not it is. I had meetings with HR about this and they acted shocked like this was going on, and told me and others it was against company policy. I get it's a big company and there are games to play, but it made me so sick I couldn't take it anymore. And I wasn't the only one. It is funny that for a place with such great benefits, high profile, etc, I have never been around more people unhappy with their jobs. A big reason is management is terrible. It really felt that they needed a VP of the VP's. It was that ridiculous with management overlap. Along those lines was a real lack of accountability on all levels too. That was sad, it makes everyone's life harder when no one is ever fired, and if you truly screw up you just get moved laterally. Once again, the buddy system at work. As you can see I feel strongly about the Cons. Even though I'm glad I worked there for the experience, I'm even happier that I left.

Most of the benefits that were intended for employees are taken away. The food and transport is not free, and is less than average quality. Your check-in and check-out time is monitored. If you opt for Nike's transportation, you need to work from office during specific hours, and can't leave early even if you want to, while others will leave whenever the want. The worst part about Nike India is it's management at Director level. Nike somehow managed to get worst directors for India Technology Centre. It doesn't matter in which domain you work, you're going to be working under bad leadership. Some directors are micro managers and others are here just to enjoy their retirement and don't want to work at all. They won't take work and issues seriously. They mostly would be taking credit of others' work. Another issue at Nike is career growth. The good employees are never promoted here. Promotions are given to only manager praisers. The work culture thus is very bad here. Great folks keep leaving the company.. and the ones who are left are either not getting job outside, or are too comfortable at the company since they don't have to work much here anyways. You also don't get any freedom to raise your voice. If you make some post on any channel against the leadership, or any policy changes, you're asked to immediately remove the message. If you reach out to HR, they in turn will reach out to your manager, and there will be definite retaliation. Complete HR department is also being run by the Directors, so whatever you speak to them, will reach to your directors.