Proceed with Caution - Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

3.0
10 Apr 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The discount and the gratis (free products)

Cons

Commission-based sales makes for a very cutthroat, competitive environment. Not a very team approach. Any returns your customer makes comes off your commission. This is quite typical for commission-based sales. And although employees are encouraged to "save the sale" of fellow employees when customers return products for new products, they are often not honest and take the sale for themselves. We called these employees "sharks." Nordstrom is basically shark-infested water. As long as you are aware of this you'll be fine.

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5.0
17 Mar 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

No micro managing, fast paced, management is good and understanding.

Cons

Long hours, and down times could make time go by so slow.

2.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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