Great company that has lost a little bit of its luster - Visual Merchandiser Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
Mar 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Most people are great to work with, although morale was pretty low right before I left. It was easy to move up if you were on the sales floor and it was very easy to achieve sales goals. Management was very encouraging if you expressed a desire to move up.

Cons

Company eliminated numerous upper support roles, causing most in those roles to be stagnant in regards to upward movement. Management expressed favoritism when promoting. LOTS of gossip that it almost felt like being in high school.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 2, 2026
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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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