Great place to work- needs improvement though - Anonymous employee Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
20 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Great starting pay- $10.45 as a base rate for a retail job is unheard of! -Plenty of things to learn -Employee discount -Flexible for PTO

Cons

-Almost feels like high school (drama and gossip) -the push for signing people up for credit/debit card accounts. So stressful!! You are almost looked down upon if you do not get any accounts -The mobile POS checkout is great for customers but there are not enough employees to cover

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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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