adidas reviews

3.9

79% would recommend to a friend

(7,109 total reviews)
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89% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

adidas has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 7,109 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The adidas employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
Jan 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Bright colleagues challenging each other. Chance to move or travel internationally. Discount on products. Connected to sport daily if you seek it out.

Cons

All decisions come from Germans, like the decisions or fake like you like them, or leave. In Europe that style works very well and the company prospers. In Russia and China where huge focus has taken place more localization of decisions have benefited. The US struggles under management that is not American and no localized decision making. The remaining parts of the world are smaller markets and generally perform well with a European perspective.

5.0
Dec 17, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Strong brand name Relaxed and casual environment Performance driven- you know what is expected from you and so you can work towards your own targets. International Team

Cons

Not all departments are as forward thinking as others The company is so big and complex and has so many different legal entities that it often feels like separate companies within the same company.

1.0
Nov 15, 2010
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Good location, if you live in downtown Portland. On-site sample room for creating new product was awesome, extremely helpful.

Cons

70% of my time was spent doing production/development, 30% on actual design. Simple processes were over-complicated, and when suggestions where were made to help simplify, the standard response was, "welcome to Adidas." People who had been there for years were extremely negative, most of the younger designers wanted to be working at Nike. The sweatshirt of choice for the apparel team was Uniglo, not even an Adidas sweatshirt. I think this says something about the brand. There's a lack of integrity, absolutely zero passion behind the product. Targeted consumer is a 17 year old suburban boy, which leaves very little opportunity to push the envelope and there's no risk taking, at all. Obvious, current trends were ignored. The team I worked with was surprised to find out that denim silhouettes have changed in the last 8 years!!.

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