Very disappointing experience - Manager Neiman Marcus Employee Review

2.0
Aug 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People still think about the Neiman Marcus that existed when Stanley Marcus was alive so it's great to have their name on your résumé. The compensation they offer is very competitive.

Cons

They are no longer the great company they once were. I was in a management role there and have many years of industry experience. The culture at NM is very secretive - with associates and customers. There's a lot of "smoking mirrors" about business (ie. saying things are good when business is really terrible). The company is basically working in the red. With the second sale to private equity buyers the company now OWES more than they are worth (according to an article in WWD). They are constantly turning out the same old sale promotions over and over expecting different results. There is no innovation or thinking outside the box. Corporate is obsessed with what their competitors are doing instead of focused on ways to rebuild their brand and generate real sales.

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5.0
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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
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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