Micromanagement at it’s worst - Financial Services Specialist Nordstrom Employee Review

2.0
Jun 6, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great co-workers, decent pay, nice office, lots of free food and incentives to work overtime during busy times. I used to love it there, but it has changed over the last few years.

Cons

Poor work/life balance, scheduling team doesn’t staff properly, getting time off is nearly impossible, they discourage people from calling out when sick so entire office ends up getting the flu, no merit based promotions- you have to apply for open positions which almost always go to those that are friends with managers and need supervisor approval to even apply. There is a strong feeling of favoritism when it comes to awards or applying for different positions. My first supervisor told me that if I wanted to progress to other roles, that I needed to become friends with as many supervisors as possible as those decisions were not based primarily on merit and experience. Some supervisors micro manage to the point where the anxiety and stress levels are very hard to handle. Despite what they say, stats are the most important thing they seem to care about. Call centers are stressful enough but when you don’t feel supported by your supervisor, are micromanaged even when you are a top rep, it makes for a terrible work environment. Also, every second of your day is scheduled and monitored so be prepared.

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Cons

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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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