TOXIC - Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

I'm willing to bet most of the recent reviews before mine saying "good company" are fake reviews. I worked for Nordstrom for 2 years. Toxic workplace. Don't expect your coworkers to be on your side. Commission brings out the DEVIL in people. I was constantly getting into arguments with coworkers about customers and sales. Senior employees felt threatened by newbies and treated us poorly. Management turned a blind eye because they were buddies. Day after day myself and other coworkers left crying. Senior employees got better shifts and newbies always had to close. I closed almost every night for the first six months. Funny thing is when you're interviewed Nordstrom tells you there are no set shifts and you work as you are needed. Don't expect any opportunities with advancement, especially how retail is headed. I heard recently (2019) they cut tons of department managers. Leaving less and less opportunities to move up. Unless you're fine being a salesperson for 5+ years, don't expect to be anything more here. Customers are just as bad as your toxic coworkers. Customers "rent" Nordstrom's inventory and you know who suffers? Salespeople. Guaranteed if you waste 2 hours of your time on a several hundred dollar sale, they will probably return it the next day. They wear it to a wedding and show off their new goods. Then they bring it back to Nordstrom, caked in makeup and stains, and expect you to return it. As retail started plummeting, our sales started suffering. There would be 5 salespeople on the floor and 1 customer in an hour. It was like lions pouncing on 1 small piece of food. I legitimately could not pay my rent or get groceries anymore with my paychecks from Nordstrom- which was my only job while I worked there. I couldn't tolerate the $300 paychecks anymore and dreading going to work. I got the heck out.