Good at First - Visual Merchandiser Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
Apr 23, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I was in the Visual Merchandising department for 5 years and loved it for about 3 years. I'm more creative with a lot of energy it was a great job for me to channel my skills.

Cons

The store manager was not a nice person. There wasn't a lot of clear communication between departments. No room for growth in the Visual department because to become a manager meant working many more hours with a low salary.

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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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