Nice Place to work, pretty stressful - Sales Person Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
24 Jul 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of beautiful stuff, and friendly people, good pay for retail, good benefits, you get to dress up for work :)

Cons

Your paycheck is heavily affected by the economy. Overstaffing, sometimes makes you fight for your paycheck. Management use blatant favoritism, people are often promoted based on who likes them not based on whether they are qualified.

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2.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Decent base pay, somewhat autonomous, great tip potential.

Cons

The company has changed for the worse since COVID. When I came back the mood of the entire store had shifted. Gone were the days of comradery, customer focus, and taking pride in a job well done. In its place there is a new culture of cutthroat sales, a severe decline in customer focus, and worst of all a new focus on profit over customer satisfaction. When I was told that the amount the store charged for a shoe shine was not enough to do the best job I could for a customer I knew things had gone downhill for the company. Not to mention I watch a manager prey on a mentally disabled person in order to secure a sale, when the person could not understand what was being offered. Sad that such a once great company is now just another greed ridden corporation.

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