Culture has significantly declined. - Assistant Assortment Planner Nordstrom Employee Review

2.0
Mar 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Depending on your buy team, some can actually be great to work with. Free merch depending on the division you’re in.

Cons

There are so many other ABs and AAPs and so little associate jobs— it’s really competitive to grow within the buying office. Some buy teams are toxic and overwork their assistants. Return to office is a joke and people are only there to socialize. I was able to get way more work done at home.

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5.0
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Pros

Great team, great management, brilliant engineers

Cons

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2.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
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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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