Nordstrom reviews

No resources to do the job I was hired to do Awful medical benefits No bus or parking stipend No work life balance (even with no real work!)

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!