Nike is publicly traded. Management can be held personally responsible for doing something unnecessary yet highly controversial if it destroys stock values.
This was incredibly stupid on the part of Nike’s management.
I worked there and as far as I’m concerned the company is run by a bunch of arrogant a-holes who have no loyalty to anything but the stock price.
They frequently get away with underpaying since they’re in Portland but they make up for it by saying “it’s a privilege to work at Nike”. /s
So glad to be gone!