I don't see how anyone could like this job - Mens Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

1.0
Oct 14, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I can't think of any.

Cons

This was easily one of my least favorite favorites I've ever worked. I came in to the company with zero retail sales experience. I was continuously told that it wasn't an issue, that they would train me. Because this job is commission, your coworkers don't want to teach you new things, because then they risk that you could sell more than them. Everyone is jealous of each other. There was constant pressure to sell. Sales meetings. Morning round ups, celebrating those who had the best sales from the day before, and constant side-eyes for those who weren't making the cut. It was very stressful and unencouraging. My coworkers would literally elbow me for a sale. I had one coworker that would follow any client around on the floor just so they would talk to her first, allowing her to complete the sale. The ethics in this place is non-existent. There was a constant hum on the floor of coworkers talking behind each other's backs. Always a fake friendship going on. Sitting in the lunch room was like being back in high school, dealing with mean girls and sitting at the uncool table. I started driving 15 minutes each way for lunch just so I could sit at home in silence. I was leaving work in tears, barely able to make it to my car without having a meltdown. During the Fall, they donate to United Way, which sounds great I'm sure. Well the department manager sits down with all the staff one by one to ask what their donation will be. Again, talk about pressure! I was a full time college student, working full time, and this company was pressuring me into giving my paychecks away. I was told that Christmas break would be "the busiest week of the year." That I would make "more money this week, than any week." I worked my butt of that week. Racing around, selling thousand of dollars. They were right, it was the most sales I had ever done. With my base pay ($10/hr) plus my commission, I made a lousy $15/hr. Are you kidding me?? That's ridiculous. As soon as that week ended, I put in my notice and found something much better!

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Pros

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Cons

Management is awful.. Plays favorites to an INSANE degree. For whatever reason I got onto the bad side of my department manager. Literally would call me into the office (taking away time on the floor to sell) to YELL at me until I cried for things that my coworkers got away with and didn’t even get so much as a talking to. Btw, what got me this treatment? Would be something pretty awful right? Coming in 5 min late. Big whoop. Also, management would promote people who quite literally had to take leaves of absence after having sexual harassment claims made against them… but then not only were they allowed to come back BUT also become floor managers. And what happened when he made it to that position? Literally got a sexual harassment claim again. I wonder how that could have been mitigated? The favoritism is so severe and unprofessional that when I was asking to get my job back for the holiday season I was told that there was nothing in the schedule available for me when in fact they were short staffed. And my coworker? The manager literally responded with “yes PLEASE 😍” yes. With the emoji. Grown man btw! Also, during that period the store was very shortstaffed with people quitting left and right. So, a lie.

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