Good company to work for. - Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
Sep 6, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I really liked working for Nordstrom. No long hours on the sales floor. You only had to work 129 hours a month to keep your benefits. Management was really good about giving you the days off that you requested. Good benefits. Treated the employees nice.

Cons

If you did not average the 129 hours a month, you would lose your insurance for that month and then pick it back up again the following month which really is not right. You were also ranked on the schedule. Whoever had the highest amount of sales in your department would be given the best schedule. In other words, they would be there during peak selling. hours.. How is an associate supposed to move up on the schedule if they keep getting the not so good hours for selling???????? They should rotate everyone so everyone has a fair and equal chance for selling. That way all your employees would succeed. I was let go from the company and was told I would be the first one called back when things picked up. That was February of 09. I still have not heard back from them. I guess I won't be called back. But I would like to work there again.

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5.0
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Pros

Great benefits, team, and work/ life balance.

Cons

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2.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Decent base pay, somewhat autonomous, great tip potential.

Cons

The company has changed for the worse since COVID. When I came back the mood of the entire store had shifted. Gone were the days of comradery, customer focus, and taking pride in a job well done. In its place there is a new culture of cutthroat sales, a severe decline in customer focus, and worst of all a new focus on profit over customer satisfaction. When I was told that the amount the store charged for a shoe shine was not enough to do the best job I could for a customer I knew things had gone downhill for the company. Not to mention I watch a manager prey on a mentally disabled person in order to secure a sale, when the person could not understand what was being offered. Sad that such a once great company is now just another greed ridden corporation.

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