Love my job but you must be willing to relocate to move up. - Cosmetics Counter Manager Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
Aug 5, 2010
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Pros

Best money I've made without bartending! Opportunity for growth but honestly depends on your stores upper management. Working in cosmetics is great and the money is a little more consistent than the apparel departments but with a lower commission.

Cons

Not a lot of advancement opportunities unless you are willing to relocate. Honestly boils down to your store manager. I love what I do but would like to move up within my store instead of move.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

Very consistent and helpful training and fun work environment and good operations and machinery

Cons

Management can vary depending on location and tips are probably less due to employee clientele

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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