IT Disappointment - Senior Software Engineer Nordstrom Employee Review

2.0
6 Mar 2019
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Pros

Pay was good Some flexibility Discount Decent benefits

Cons

*TERRIBLE* middle management and not impressed with current upper management. Sure hope new CTO can turn things around but time will tell with him...he has some sharks around him that I'm not so sure have the best interest of the company or organization at heart; they talk a good game but their actions speak volumes about what they think of people, i.e. disposable "resources", and their affinity for politics. Bulk of senior/principal engineers are career climbers / resume builders. What WAS great in past years, the teamwork within and across teams, is now largely gone. I read reviews from fellow software engineers before writing this and have to agree with all that I saw in regards to the poor environment and management. Breaks my heart after over a decade with the company.

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Pros

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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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