Sales Associate - Anonymous employee Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
Sep 9, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The commission is good, competitive and can be high paying especially during the seasonal times. It teaches you much more about business and retail than other retail jobs. I personally loved my team of co workers. The 20% discount fluctuates higher during certain events for Nordstrom employees.

Cons

Customers can and will take advantage of you. Make sure you know your boundaries before you work, particularly with customer service- sometimes you will take the heat for something that is completely not your fault or your problem. There is also the occasional "sharker" employee who will take your sale or customer. Physically is pretty draining especially if you are going to work in shoes.

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2.0
Jun 2, 2026
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Pros

Decent base pay, somewhat autonomous, great tip potential.

Cons

The company has changed for the worse since COVID. When I came back the mood of the entire store had shifted. Gone were the days of comradery, customer focus, and taking pride in a job well done. In its place there is a new culture of cutthroat sales, a severe decline in customer focus, and worst of all a new focus on profit over customer satisfaction. When I was told that the amount the store charged for a shoe shine was not enough to do the best job I could for a customer I knew things had gone downhill for the company. Not to mention I watch a manager prey on a mentally disabled person in order to secure a sale, when the person could not understand what was being offered. Sad that such a once great company is now just another greed ridden corporation.

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