Surprisingly Dissapointing - Anonymous employee Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
Sep 15, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you work in the fashion industry and live in the PNW, it's one of the few respectable organizations you can work for in the area. The merchandise discount for employees is respectable.

Cons

Unlike the family friendly, positive business image the company portrays, I experienced the following: Constantly shifting structures, staff, and business priorities. Inconsistent processes among teams and varying expectations depending on manager. A pressure cooker of passive aggressive types that creates an atmosphere that fears failure and therefore is afraid to take risks. Favoritism rules the upper management, and affects the success or failure of entire teams. Everyone is out to protect their own skin and fears the wrath of the manager above them. Belittling and abusive managers are allowed to thrive. As expressed best by the mantra of someone who worked there for 15+ years, "our motto to survive at Nordstrom was, die before you cry". Now isn't that inspirational!

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Pros

Very consistent and helpful training and fun work environment and good operations and machinery

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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