Nordstrom reviews

While the health insurance is relatively inexpensive, the copays are obscene, both for prescriptions and office visits. When one is in management, one doesn't get paid very well for the amount of work one does. I work 10-12 hours a day, and I don't get paid nearly enough to compensate for all of the work that I do. Also, Nordstrom believes fully in hiring people who haven't had any education, and while that can be good, it's also very frustrating, because I work with some pretty idiotic people and I know that I could do their jobs about eight million times better than they do.

My biggest issue with Nordstrom was the fact that it's retail. With retail comes a retail schedule, so I hated having to work the evening shift (1:30-9:30PM). It was switched up for variety, but sometimes that would mean that I would work the evening shift and then have to be back the very next morning at 7:30AM for the morning shift. That could get tiring. It was also a little difficult to be relieved for regular breaks. The person working the AM shift would have to wait for the PM shift to arrive before taking a lunch break - and sometimes even a restroom break. Since the phones HAD to be manned at all times, it was difficult to find someone to watch them even long enough to run to the restroom - the phone system was much more advanced than a regular phone, so the average employee on the floor was "afraid" to take over the phones even for a short period of time. When working the PM shift, I had to take a lunch break 2 hours after arriving or else I wouldn't get one. Taking a break that early made me very tired later in the evening when I actually NEEDED a break. Since I do still stay in touch with old coworkers who are still working there, I've heard that this issue has been addressed and improved since I left.