The corporate facilities at NMO and NMD are exactly the opposite of what you would expect. Instead of being glamorous and trendy they are crowded, visually unappealing and worst of all, dirty. The day I started, my desk was covered with dust and food/drink stains, the keyboard had spots all over it and the back of my chair was coated in long, blond hairs.
The workday of the job you are hired for is entirely dependent on your manager and your department. Business hours are officially 9am-6pm, but due to budget cutbacks several departments are required to work 10-hour days at least twice a week. The main point of contention caused is that they take every possible step to declare all salaried employees 'exempt' according to the Fair Labor Standards Act, despite the fact that many of the positions do not meet the criteria.
The environment can be very cutthroat, also depending on your department. I witnessed a significant amount of unprofessional, even childish, behavior between members of the same team to the point that the general feeling around the office is that you are in some sort of soap opera (if a soap opera were ever staged in a dingy, poorly-lit cube farm).
On the whole, I do not recommend working for Neiman Marcus if you can possibly help it.
