Pros
Better than average hourly rate than most retail jobs. Higher end merchandise than many retail jobs bringing in a better class of clientele, generally. Admin. works with me for a flexible schedule. Merchandise discount with higher discounts a few times a year on Nordstrom products.
Cons
Constantly telling us to sign people up for credit cards or rewards accounts, without much incentive. Not having working equipment; telling us to check people out with the mobile unit but most of those don't stay charged. Not getting breaks, but that's apparently a Texas thing. Living in fear of being scheduled for markdowns until 2am or a 5am to 10am shift. I don't think I've ever worked as hard in a retail job as I do at Nordstrom Rack. It is very physically hard and the concrete floors are hard on the body. The store traffic is constant and there's no down time to try to make the store look nice, it always looks like a tornado just hit. Usually there aren't enough people working at any given time to be able to do everything you need to do, but I think that's because the managers are only allowed to have people working in their departments for a certain number of hours a week and that's it.