Good place to work for the long haul - Senior Copy Writer Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
Mar 2, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Great work/life balance. Incredibly kind people. Fashion! (If you're into that.) Occasional inspiration trips to conferences. Good processes. One of the last large editorial teams in the city, complete with a proofreading team and dedicated editors—which is unheard of in These Modern Times. Decent health benefits, 4% 401k match, and the company is generally working hard to Not Be Evil. Free bus pass. This is a place where grown-ass people with families go to do a reasonably pleasant job in a reasonably paced environment, with an eye for the long haul. It's unusual for people in the creative department to work insane hours, nobody is expected to work on vacation or to answer emails at 11pm.

Cons

Because everyone tends to stay here forever, there are limited opportunities for career advancement. There aren't the madcap tech-company perks of endless free food and private concerts by Lorde and bajillions in stock options. Also, things move pretty slowly here. If you're ambitious like a bottle rocket and want everything to happen fast, this is not the place for you. Promotions happen slowly. Salaries are not sky high. No one will come to pick up your laundry for free. Cost-of-living raises are certainly not keeping pace with the actual cost of living in Seattle.

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2.0
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Pros

Good commission (for my department it was 10%), great coworkers—made amazing friends from my time here!! Opportunity for lots of commission $ during busy times.

Cons

Management is awful.. Plays favorites to an INSANE degree. For whatever reason I got onto the bad side of my department manager. Literally would call me into the office (taking away time on the floor to sell) to YELL at me until I cried for things that my coworkers got away with and didn’t even get so much as a talking to. Btw, what got me this treatment? Would be something pretty awful right? Coming in 5 min late. Big whoop. Also, management would promote people who quite literally had to take leaves of absence after having sexual harassment claims made against them… but then not only were they allowed to come back BUT also become floor managers. And what happened when he made it to that position? Literally got a sexual harassment claim again. I wonder how that could have been mitigated? The favoritism is so severe and unprofessional that when I was asking to get my job back for the holiday season I was told that there was nothing in the schedule available for me when in fact they were short staffed. And my coworker? The manager literally responded with “yes PLEASE 😍” yes. With the emoji. Grown man btw! Also, during that period the store was very shortstaffed with people quitting left and right. So, a lie.

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