Neiman Marcus reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(2,460 total reviews)
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Geoffroy Van Raemdonck

43% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Neiman Marcus has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,460 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Neiman Marcus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
May 30, 2013

Rough and Tumble-Fend for yourself.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The only good reason to work at Neiman Marcus is if you have plenty of money and simply want the 30% employee discount--otherwise you can't afford to even shop here.

Cons

The pay is lower than most comparable companies The benefits are so expensive you can barely afford them They find every little thing they can to avoid paying the miniscule bonus that they offer. The work you do is never enough-never good enough No appreciation from superiors Not easy to get promoted. They want you to stress yourself out and try to squeeze 12 hours of work into one 8 hour shift. They don't fill positions when people leave departments and then say they don't have the budget to offer OT but they get mad because the work isn't getting done. Favoritism runs rampant.

1.0
May 3, 2013
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Pros

Good benefits and work/life balance.

Cons

Lack of leadership: upper management/executives are not concerned about developing, motivating, empowering and valuing their mid-level management (in my division, even the associates' bonus were higher than the mid-management). If you are innovative, committed and want to work for a company that cares, run from Neiman Marcus - they do not value employees and do not give you chance to grown - their "executive development program accepts 70 % of external candidates and only 30% of internal ones...blame it on "diversity"! If you are a thinker and challenge initiatives or decisions, NM is not the company for you either - as they cannot lead, they prefer people that can execute without questioning anything. If you are in retail and have the dream to work for Neiman Marcus (as many of us do...), consider it twice - it is likely to become a nightmare.

3.0
Apr 23, 2013
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Pros

In control of how you want to run your business (for the most part, aside from micromanagement), it is nice to see the newest items/trends, contests to win NM money and/or product and I found it very satisfying to build trusting, long-term relationships with clients/some co-workers and some vendors.

Cons

The dept managers are under a huge amount of pressure from the merchandise managers, they are super stressed by the store managers and they are stressed by corporate. Some of the managers are really great...Others treat you like you are 10 years old. Even when some of the sales associates are twice their age.

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