Shiny lights, blind abuse - Visual Merchandiser Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
1 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Work creatively on a small team with unique skill sets. Set schedule. People look up to you in the store and your work is always seen.

Cons

Small team, leads to little leeway. If collaborative team effort doesn’t exist, your someone else’s donkey. Tons and tons of labor! Impossible to contact anyone in support like HR or management. Since it’s a small team, you’re attacking your group and are attacked for speaking up. If one person on your team sucks, your whole team and work life will be intolerable. Visuals are the underbelly of the store and do the most work in the entire building. impossible to move up. you will not be a window dresser until years in, unless you’re in a small store.

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5.0
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Nice office and great perks

Cons

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2.0
2 June 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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