Nordstrom reviews

3.5

56% would recommend to a friend

(25,092 total reviews)

Erik B. Nordstrom and Peter E. Nordstrom

70% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Nordstrom has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 25,092 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Nordstrom employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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1.0
Nov 7, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I met a lot of people my age, and one of them has become a really good friend of mine. If you are unemployed, they hire anyone who doesn't have a criminal record, so if you are desperate for a job, this might be a place to almost put you back on your feet. Almost is the key word there, but I did accept the job, and I definitely don't regret doing that.

Cons

Pay is basically minimum wage. They pay 25 to 50 cents more than minimum wage per hour, presumably so they don't have a reputation for paying poor people minimum wage. It is not a livable wage, and they rarely give people full-time hours with benefits. There is a good chance that absolutely none of your talents will be put to use. Unless you love manual labor that mainly consists of handling clothes, you aren't going to enjoy the work. I enjoyed going to work sometimes because I had friends there, but they track every possible aspect of your productivity, and management consistently complained that I wasn't working as fast as I possibly could. If you pay me 15 bucks an hour, I will work frantically all day. I would still be underpaid at that wage if I worked frantically, but it would be a livable wage. I was working for less than 10 per hour. After I left minimum wage was raised to 10 per hour. I don't know exactly what they pay now, but I guarantee that they are still taking advantage of people with few to no options. They hire some people that are simply just not quality people. I was physically assaulted by a Co worker at a new years party, and he started stalking me after he left Trunk Club, to the point where I had to file a police report. I'm still scared that I will run into him sometime. I don't want to work with people who are basically psychotic, but still valued employees. His friend also worked at TC for a short time, and he consistently harassed me after I was assaulted at that party, and a little leading up to the assault. I don't want to work for a company who hires people like that. I'm almost 30, and I have never experienced anything like that at any other job. I never experienced anything like that in high school or middle school either, so don't expect to be surrounded by quality people. There most definitely are very very very quality people there, but the company doesn't give them an opportunity to flourish. We are cheap, disposable, refillable labor to them, and that is the bottom line.

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Nordstrom Response
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I am incredibly sorry for your experience. Trunk Club is a performance-based company who values our employees for the effort and positive energy that they bring to their job. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind and encourage our associates to bring any concerns to HR. We are working to create an environment where respect for your your co-workers and your workspace are values we live by every day. Would you be willing to consider talking in confidence to Trunk Club HR about your experience? If so, please email recruitinghr@trunkclub.com.
2.0
Jul 14, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nordstrom as a corporate citizen is moral and trustworthy. They are an open environment and touts an engineering culture that does not treat you like a robot and grind you up like a company such as Amazon is famous for.

Cons

The processes in place are terribly time consuming. Too much bureaucracy. The culture shift to agile has not been easy. The vast number of contractors has lead to some questionable quality. Most things are behind the times but trying to improve. Everything on my team is excruciatingly slow. And my team lack identity.

3.0
Jun 28, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Beautiful office -Work with fun, young people -For the most part fun job once you establish a book of clients -Company has high potential for continued success and growth

Cons

-Hard to pay the bills -Very high turnover -Unrealistic sales goals/commission structure -Long hours

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