Good step in the path, not a destination. - Accounting Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
8 Aug 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good job security, fun place to work. If you work in any department that is not directly involved in buying or selling merchandise, your pay, promotions, recognition, and time will be valued as fixed overhead (always needs sqeezing, slow to increase). However, if you are involved in the core business of buying and selling, you'll be given a fair amount of lattitude and a performance bonus potential.

Cons

It's a giant company with many niche positions and a certain level of politics. You'll need to push pretty hard for rapid advancement, and if you don't push at all, you'll be in your same position for a decade or more. In my experience, the firm hires "B" level employees instead of holding out for the "A"s.

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5.0
7 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great environment and loved the management

Cons

Not enough consistent pay for me

2.0
2 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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