Employees are treated like garbage...disposable - Anonymous employee Nordstrom Employee Review

1.0
Dec 15, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Employee discount is all I can come up with

Cons

Terrible benefit structure. No health insurance for close to six months, and then you lose it if you go under 129 hours in a month. No paid time off for close to ten months, and you are very limited in taking time off before then. Beyond that, my main beef with Nordstrom is that I feel employees are valued solely for the numbers they bring in. I do not feel as though we are treated as human beings with feelings, needs, and a life outside of work. It is all about the SPH and meeting goals, and if you cannot do that, your manager will not support you. This is a vicious cycle of failure for most.

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Cons

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