"Hundreds" of Nike employees walk out to protest re-opening of Salazar Building

Got it! Nothing Nike ever does is ever wrong or worthy of criticism and anyone who criticizes them, boycotts them, etc. is just bitter or delusional or hypocritical. Thanks for clearing that up.

Nike is getting ahead of the curve for when he is reinstated on appeal.

FFF wrote:

Weird.

It took them literally 72 hours to remove all traces of Lance Armstrong-ness following his fall (I don't recall which part), so a re-dedication is bizarre. Like many of you, I am never buying anything Nike again. I'm not fast enough for Cheaterfly shoes, so there's zero temptation.

How noble! After decades of slave labor you finally are boycotting Nike because a 1st world girl had her feelings hurt by a company paying her hundreds of thousands dollars to play a kids game!

Love to see the wannabe victims cry. This me too body shaming/ pig pile is laughable and has turned me into a fan of Nike for staying strong. Just made the switch and bought my first pair of Pegasus this weekend. Enjoyed every step of my long run knowing I’ve balanced the boycott of some snow flake.

"No employee is permitted to speak with the news media on an Nike-related matter, on any on- or off-the record, without prior approval from Nike Global Communications."

How does one define news media in our current age? Does someone with 1,000,000 followers on Instagram count? Does "fake-news" New York Times, Fox News and CNN count?

Whatever the case may be, I'm surprised they've got the nerve to rededicate the building to an athlete that doped and then encouraged his athletes to dope. WTF are they thinking? What dirt does Salazar have on Nike? They'd throw him under the bus if he didn't have anything on them.

FFF wrote:

Weird.

It took them literally 72 hours to remove all traces of Lance Armstrong-ness following his fall (I don't recall which part), so a re-dedication is bizarre. Like many of you, I am never buying anything Nike again. I'm not fast enough for Cheaterfly shoes, so there's zero temptation.

True but they did aso after the dust had settle. Now, I am sure they are waiting for the result of the pending appeal. If AlSal's ban is upheld, he will be as good as roadkill in the Nike campus, including the building. If AlSal wins the appeal, then Nike will play the ..."I told you so " card.

I don't like AlSal (he is arrogant, a hypocrite of a Christian {Catholics are Christians too} and a controlling, micromanaging douche bag) but the guy filed an appeal and he is entitled to the process to play out. Let's just wait.

I read the article and still don't understand what happened.

Is Nike really re-dedicating the building to Salazar? Or was it just renovated without any ceremony?

It seems to me that a ceremony at this point in time would be tone deaf.

Perhaps they are protesting that it hasn't been renamed? The article wasn't clear.

VSBS wrote:

If they were really that pissed off about it the 400 odd would resign from Nike rather than do a virtue signalling protest.

Ever heard about ..."thou shall not crap on the dish you eat" ?

Nobody is forcing them to work there, they can quit anytime.

HRE wrote:

VSBS wrote:

So they're not really that pissed off then.

"The two employees shared that they feel stifled by Nike's culture." - Then leave, it's a free country, it's not compulsory to work there.

You have no idea how pissed off they were and neither do I. But sometimes you don't have the luxury of walking away from a situation you don't like. And sometimes you decide to remain in that situation and try to improve it.

Yes...Stockholm syndrome.(end of sarcasm)

If you don't have the luxury of walking away from a job...air your grievances internally. I am sure Nike has an internal process for such instances.

fnike wrote:

"No employee is permitted to speak with the news media on an Nike-related matter, on any on- or off-the record, without prior approval from Nike Global Communications."

How does one define news media in our current age? Does someone with 1,000,000 followers on Instagram count? Does "fake-news" New York Times, Fox News and CNN count?

Whatever the case may be, I'm surprised they've got the nerve to rededicate the building to an athlete that doped and then encouraged his athletes to dope. WTF are they thinking? What dirt does Salazar have on Nike? They'd throw him under the bus if he didn't have anything on them.

I too couldn’t believe Nike would be that tone deaf to redicate a building to Alberto Salazar. It makes no sense unless you are trying to be a complete d$&:.

The WSJ piece says the building was just reopening which makes more sense.

Okay, I'll explain how this works to you all.

Phil Knight is God at Nike. Even retired he runs the show. If you are friends with Phil Knight you don't have to worry about sh!t.

Nike will always stick with Tiger Woods and Alberto.

On a side note: props to see Nike for not bending to the social pressure bs of the #metoo-ers.

doctorj wrote:

Yes...Stockholm syndrome.(end of sarcasm)

If you don't have the luxury of walking away from a job...air your grievances internally. I am sure Nike has an internal process for such instances.

(Beginning of sarcasm) Yeah, I'm sure that internal process is going to take grievances of receptionists and accountants that conflict with what executives and superstar athletes equally seriously. (End of sarcasm) There is often value in getting information to the public if you want to pressure someone or something.

HRE wrote:

doctorj wrote:

Yes...Stockholm syndrome.(end of sarcasm)

If you don't have the luxury of walking away from a job...air your grievances internally. I am sure Nike has an internal process for such instances.

(Beginning of sarcasm) Yeah, I'm sure that internal process is going to take grievances of receptionists and accountants that conflict with what executives and superstar athletes equally seriously. (End of sarcasm) There is often value in getting information to the public if you want to pressure someone or something.

beginning of sarcasm, then the end of it.... Can you just say what you want to say?

And here is the NY Times article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/09/sports/olympics/nike-protest-alberto-salazar.html

Since you are here wejo, what's with all the deletions of factual posts pointing out that Slaney and Salazar are drug cheats?

say what you mean wrote:

HRE wrote:

(Beginning of sarcasm) Yeah, I'm sure that internal process is going to take grievances of receptionists and accountants that conflict with what executives and superstar athletes equally seriously. (End of sarcasm) There is often value in getting information to the public if you want to pressure someone or something.

beginning of sarcasm, then the end of it.... Can you just say what you want to say?

I did.

HRE wrote:

VSBS wrote:

So they're not really that pissed off then.

"The two employees shared that they feel stifled by Nike's culture." - Then leave, it's a free country, it's not compulsory to work there.

You have no idea how pissed off they were and neither do I. But sometimes you don't have the luxury of walking away from a situation you don't like. And sometimes you decide to remain in that situation and try to improve it.

Or they could just remain and suck it up. Nike is under no obligation to bend to mob rule

Business as usual wrote:

I work at the Beaverton campus. This is being overplayed. Yes, some people walked out, but the vast majority of us are just fine with the building. Alberto’s a good person. The situation is not as simplistic as people want to make it seem.

He’s far from it.

VSBS wrote:

If they were really that pissed off about it the 400 odd would resign from Nike rather than do a virtue signalling protest.

Couldn't agree more.