Great place to start a career! - Sales Associate- Rack Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
Dec 25, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great, but sometimes stressful work environment. Work/Life balance, they are very much willing to work with you as far as hours go. You receive a cash bonus every time you reward a customer, 20% employee discount which work along with perks that occasional raise discount. Genuine open door policy. The managers are teaching and training you to eventually take their position and move up in the company if that is what you desire. Recognition of work, frequently rewarded. The relationships you build can either be a pro or con, it's all in how you interact and what you make it. Managements transparency with employees is uncanny and appreciated!

Cons

Must wear green or gray ID tee uniform which can be annoying and looks obnoxious. Pressure to reward customers can be a bit much a times, but trying will take you far when it comes to managers so you will have a chance to redeem yourself. Messiness amongst managers and employees a like can make things tense or uncomfortable but simply staying out of it can make things a lot better for you. In my nearly 2 years with the company I've seen several managers/assistants come and go due to numbers but not their at times tyrannical behavior. A closer eye should be kept.

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5.0
Jun 18, 2026
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Pros

Great Pay, awesome people, teammates.

Cons

Not that I can think of... Except they have been laying more people off over the years but that is life these days.

2.0
Jul 11, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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