Nordstrom Reviews

Pros

Family atmosphere with co-workers. Very friendly work environment

Cons

Very demanding hours. No overtime. Unspoken expectation to make Nordstrom your whole life.

Pros

Nordstrom is a very professional work environment. It is a place where openness and honesty are encouraged and opportunities for advancement are varied. If you find that you aren't professionally satisfied working in a particular area, you are allowed and in fact encouraged to explore other opportunities within the company.

Cons

The scheduling can sometimes be a little hectic however this is not unusual considering that it is a retail environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Nordstrom is a place that provides for a collaborative environment where partnerships are encouraged in all facets of staffing - from support to sales. I think that it's highly imperative to continue that tradition and encourage all staff to engage in open and honest communication.

Pros

Opportunity for growth, Positive environment, Everyone was willing to help you out and give you advice on how to do better.

Cons

If you are unable to relocate, your career may suffer. The company is very willing to promote you, but it is almost always in a different location

Advice to Senior Management

They definitely promote within and like to relocate their best employees. I have heard of some employees work in over 20 cities within their career.

Pros

fast promotions and hire positions are only offered within

Cons

sometimes stressful if you work commision base and some stores have slow traffic which affects your sales

Advice to Senior Management

all full line stores should have everything that high volume store offers i.e. home department, spa, and a place to sit for ebar customers.

Pros

Compared to similar jobs, they pay more per hour than most other places.

Cons

The hours are never set, and you work late nights and weekends often.

Advice to Senior Management

Trying to have some set days off for employees would help manage lifestyle.

Pros

Great Company
Great Clothes
Great People

Cons

Commisson is not for everyone!
Retail Hours are not ideal
Its physically demanding

Advice to Senior Management

Have more upper management opportunites in more regions

Pros

Good pay, discount on clothes, opportunity to make good money.

Cons

Not much room for growth unless you dedicate your whole life to working there.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember that your employees often have lives outside of working for Nordstrom and that isn't their career most of the time.

Pros

nice people, merit-based compensation structure motivated me to excel, good training, customers were pleasant, management structure was good, selling the products was fun

Cons

hours weren't ideal for me, wasn't what i wanted to do long-term, and was sometimes competitive/difficult to work with others

Advice to Senior Management

keep doing what you are doing! i really enjoyed working for nordstrom because it was right for me at the time and think that it is a great job.

Pros

discount, excellent health, dental, 401k, lots of gratis, opportunities to learn different vendors

Cons

Management, which is barely above age 20, will micromanage you to death. You will be treated like a child. There are events every 3 weeks that you are expected to book appointments for. You will be forced to call your customers every month.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop micromanaging-it breeds resentment, ignore petty drama, have more respect for your employees

Pros

It provides a great foundation for learning to be professional in the workplace. The commission in certain departments is well worth the stress of working in retail.

Cons

Retail is stressful. The late hours and holiday hours are awful, as with any retail job.