NIKE reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(13,171 total reviews)
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79% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

NIKE has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 13,171 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 Manufatura industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
2.0
May 24, 2017

The good days of working at Nike are long gone.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

NIKE was originally built on a culture of personal improvement, diversity, and entrepreneurial zeal. Numerous books have been written about the commitment of the founders, the risks they took, and the payoffs that have come. There are few jobs (even in the enabling functions like IT, Legal, Finance, etc) where you aren't made to feel like you are directly benefiting athletes. If you can land one of the few jobs on campus, the gyms and the classes are world class. If you are a Sr. Manager or above, just avoid being labelled by HR as a "Liability" and you'll be able work 4-hour work weeks indefinitely and eventually retire quite wealthy. The rest of the people that work at Nike are wonderful people and could be the best friends you'll make outside of college, however most of them will be exhausted, financially stressed, and stuck in their job under managers who play advanced office politics all day.

Cons

Lost culture, over-worked and underpaid staff, and politics run crazy in a company that no longer has to watch the bottom line. When Nike and I parted ways last year after 12 years, NIKE was paying most junior staff peanuts to work extremely hard with little chance of promotion, far from campus in Hillsboro business parks, by capitalizing on "THIS IS NIKE!" Only a small minoirty of the "cool kids" worked on the actual campus with access to all the facilities and fun. Most worked in business parks further away. I worked in a division of IT where utterly clueless directors and above frequently phoned it in. They'd show up, plot political games, take a two hour lunch, and disappear again to "meetings". Our systems were in terrible shape, we had MASSIVE technical debt, and absolutely NOTHING was secure. Senior staff was all hired from outside the company to do jobs they didn't understand except one Dutch guy that was the most immoral political operator I've ever witnessed. He regularly used HR and ER to turn his enemies into HR "liabilities" after which they were unjustly terminated. There's a spacial place in hell for that guy. Most of my friendly coworkers over the years were eventually pushed out of their jobs by politics, the smallest mistake, or because they had a job someone powerful wanted for a friend.

4.0
May 22, 2017

Director

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Great energy, young and ambitious employees, active culture.

Cons

When things get tough, they only care about the stock price. Not the employees, not the relationships, and not the consumer... the culture has changed, unfortunately.

1.0
Sep 30, 2016

Protect Nike Lifers at Expense of New Talent

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Nike Brand Image, 50% off Nike goods and deferred compensation benefit if you qualify with a minimum salary. Glad to be out of such a fake culture where Nike Lifers are more concerned about getting a workout.

Cons

Anyone being recruited should STOP and first read Phil Knight's Shoe Dog. Nike hasn't changed much and all Hail the Nike Lifers. If you do come to Nike, DO NOT Over-Achieve as this will cause the Nike Lifers to classify you as not fitting into the Nike Culture. Ask around about when you are considered a Nike Lifer. Per one very senior Nike Lifer, I was told that if a person makes it past their 1st Year, they might make it to their 2nd Year. IF they make it past their 2nd Year, they might make it to their 5th Year. IF they make it past their 5th Year, they MIGHT be considered a Nike Lifer. Doesn't matter what you have in your goals as they don't matter. Near the end, I was informed that Nike's unwritten rule is for leaders to network the first 2 years in order to build political capital rather than focus on results. Don't uproot your family for this wasteful company. And if you do, then don't say I didn't warn you. Wish someone had posted this earlier for me.

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