Can't wait to find a new job. - Commissioned Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

1.0
Feb 26, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Enjoy working with the majority of co-workers-except for the sharks. Have met wonderful customers.

Cons

Long hours, unappreciated by manager-SPH is all that matters, have to compete against department manager for sales. High level of stress for PTR, SPH and opening new accounts. High level of customer returns-which go against your commission for one year. Have to make sure your hours do not dip below 129 per month or you have to pay your full insurance premium. Not eligible for insurance until you have worked 1000 hours. Nordstrom promotes top sellers to management who have limited training. Definitely need a second income in the home to survive-especially in the current state of the economy.

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Pros

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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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