Local management plays favorites in hiring/promotions - Commissioned Employee Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
Apr 7, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great benefits - Great work environment - Great discounts from other companies outside of the store

Cons

- Store manager hires poor managers for various depts. which leads to high worker turnover - Managers are not promoted from the bottom up but transferred from other stores - Extra effort from employee is not rewarded with higher salary or promotion - The dept. you are assigned to will determine how much money you can potentially earn and how hard you have to work. (EBar and Bistro - hard work, low pay, no commission)

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5.0
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Pros

Competitive pay in retail and good discount,

Cons

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2.0
Jun 2, 2026
Recommend
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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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