A great place to start a sales career - Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
17 Apr 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Other companies really look positively on Nordstrom and the standards they have in place for there employees. - Have a great amount of respect for employees and giving them the tools to make good money -In the right department you can make very good money (50-80k) ie. salon shoes, women shoes, men's sportswear. - I had an amazing department manager

Cons

-some negative employees can really harm the work environment -its retail so the hours are not the best, but deal with it. -very competitive atmosphere which results in some shady sales people

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2.0
2 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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