Great place to work, minor cons - Intern Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
14 Apr 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Everyone has a good attitude depending on your department (try to stay away from shoes if you're not a shark!) Its commission based so you can make a lot if you work hard. Lots of style, nice looking store, really pleasant place to work in

Cons

Can be extremely competitive in a bad way depending on where you work All management cares about is how you sell, so if youre not a good seller, dont expect to be promoted. If you want to grow with the company, you have to go through every single job title and move around the country a lot (ex: to be a buyer, you would first have to be a sales associate, then asst. manager, then dept manager, then district dept manager and so on regardless of your job beforehand)

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Cons

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2.0
2 Jun 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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