3.0
Apr 10, 2009
Former employee
Scottsdale, AZ
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
The discount and the gratis (free products)
Cons
Commission-based sales makes for a very cutthroat, competitive environment. Not a very team approach. Any returns your customer makes comes off your commission. This is quite typical for commission-based sales. And although employees are encouraged to "save the sale" of fellow employees when customers return products for new products, they are often not honest and take the sale for themselves. We called these employees "sharks." Nordstrom is basically shark-infested water. As long as you are aware of this you'll be fine.