Only the best survive - MAC Makeup Artist Nordstrom Employee Review

5.0
Mar 21, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It sounds crazy,but I love the constant need to be on top of it by meeting my numbers in sales expectations.It gives me the drive,that for me ends in pride of all my accomplishments.My position was not easily attained,nor was it easy to meet all of the expectations from the get go,BUT hard work pays off with Nordstrom.

Cons

The only downside to working for Nordstrom are the "sharks" you will work with.I guess the commission enviorment,with the high sales expectations will ALWAYS bring the worst out in some.I also didn't like te feeling of failing,without any support,from my management team.Fearing that my my job was on the line all the time as a newer employee.

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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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