Very hard to make decent money when starting out - Sales Associate Neiman Marcus Employee Review

2.0
Nov 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

My manager was very nice and would go above and beyond to help everyone she just didn’t have control and how many people would actually buy. If you are money hungry and have time to stay there and build a clientele it might work for you.

Cons

Full commission environment. If you don’t sell you don’t get paid. Everything is so expensive you have to find specific long term clientele in order to prosper. There is not a lot of foot traffic, you’re just standing there most of the day. You are micro managed even though you are a seasoned sales associate. Along with a commission environment you have to work with money hungry associates who have no respect or moral standards which is encouraged. When it comes to maintaining the sales floor and keeping the department up seasoned sellers believe they are above that and don’t care about the product they are selling just the monetary value.

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5.0
Mar 4, 2026
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Pros

* If you have an amazing team and management the day goes by fast. * Commission. * Easy to rely on foot traffic to meet goals. * If you ask for growth, they set thing ups that align with what you want, you just need to ask.

Cons

* If its slow, its SLOW. * There can be drama, it just depends on the department you're in.

3.0
May 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

good pay, good retired tech/fashion prop sales, hour long lunches

Cons

terrible work environment with whole bunch of eating disorder talk and projection at models (even from some management), management makes everyone stay until 4:30 even when all the minimum work requirement (and oftentimes more) is done, they will write you up for something extremely small then dismiss a big thing from another employee, terrible communication between managers therefore terrible communication to employees, employees get publicly ridiculed when they're just asking questions even amidst the terrible communication issues that are already there,

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