A great job as a college student, but so much as a career. - Sales Associate Nordstrom Employee Review

4.0
2 Sept 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great pay on commission; most customers are nice; great benefits even for part time.

Cons

Depending on manager, some managers are not very accommodating to requested time offs; promotion to management is usually done by favoritism, not by qualifications; since sales position are entry level, you run into a lot of immature workers.

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5.0
18 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great Pay, awesome people, teammates.

Cons

Not that I can think of... Except they have been laying more people off over the years but that is life these days.

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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