National Stylist Team is a joke. Avoid at all costs. - National Stylist Nordstrom Employee Review

1.0
Dec 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You'll make a lot of great friends and you can work from home during certain shifts if you qualify. The office is a pretty neat space.

Cons

You must work at your desk and will be penalized if you work at an open table or with others (seriously, you can move from your desk to pee and go on break but that's it). The pay for the amount of headache that you have to deal with is totally not worth it. No one likes the management team. There's an "us vs them" mentality between management and employees, and if you speak up you will be punished. They will tell you "this is an open environment and we don't want you to suffer in silence" but if you step on the wrong toe, you're put in probation. Which, by the way, is called a "Performance Improvement Plan" but in no way will management actually help you and improve. In fact, this just gives management more ammo to keep their eyes on you and get you in trouble again for anything that might seem like a good reason (such as sitting away from your desk, working on your personal computer from home, or being late to a shift that changed overnight). Oh yeah, did I mention schedule is awful and your shift might change from when you fall asleep to when you wake up? Management fails to see that's the scheduling teams fault and not ours. But they will use that to get you out the door anyways. Basically, show up to your desk, sit down, work 8 hours, get up, leave, sleep, and do it again. Obey the rules to the tee and you'll get 30k a year.

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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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