Nordstrom Careers and Employment

Over the phone then face to face

The customers and our discount

Nordstrom has condensed roles and also lowered the pay scale. You might start off at a decent rate but raises are harder to get to and the amount is less than it was before. They recently cut positions which means less staff - managers and sales team included. It’s hard to stay positive in this type of work environment. You get burned out working the night shift everyday. This also makes time off incredibly hard. They split teams up in the store by job role. Because of this, each job has a set amount of people and you don’t get trained into other roles that often. So when you want time off it is very hard because you don’t have very much wiggle room because no one else but your team on hand is trained to do your job so they won’t have anyone to cover your absence which basically means they can only let one or two people have time off if any. Everyone on your team is most likely already working because they keep the team as small as possible. They say Paid Training - but that means a walk through of the store and bye bye butterfly - spread your wings and figure it out your first day. Sad to say but yes, Nordstrom is hard to move up in if you don’t fit ‘the look’ - you must really fake it till you make it which will be exhausting because the type of work you do is mentally, physically, and emotionally draining. Favoritism is always there whether it appears that way or not. With less management spots, moving up is harder to do. You will get hired under one job but end up doing everything else + your duties. Not as extra but as an expectation. Because Nordstrom split their staffs roles it does make it harder to work because they also cut the amount of people from doing the work. Same work, less people. Most people leave the company due to bad management. Job can be fun but managers will always make or break the job. The discount is 20% but employees get excluded from any of the good discounts. They also ask employees not to shop sales until after customers shop it first. Really no great incentives. You get money from opening credit cards which If you are a cashier you must do or will be written up/cut hours - but the money you get on the spot gets taxed on your check so you eventually lose it later. A lot of the good benefits they might have had before all changed because retail is slowing down in general

Common construction sales associate pay

When I worked at the credit office, we were paid on the 19th and the 4th of every month. Unless payday fell on a Sunday or bank holiday. If payday fell on a Sunday, depending on who you bank through, sometimes you would receive your pay check a day early. If payday landed on a bank holiday, you would receive your paycheck a day late or whenever the banks were open again.

Depends on the department they worl/sell in.

No! The company only drug tests in the event that they have reason to suspect you are under the influence while at work or of course if you are hurt on the job for workman’s comp.

Yes, urine drug screen.

Yes they do now, after multiple management were caught delivery of a controlled substance. They also have the most injuries do to large amount of drug abuse.

Over the phone then face to face

Process was about 2 weeks... started on the career site, selected the position I wanted to apply for (you may want to apply for more than one as sometimes jobs are still posted even though they have candidates being interviewed and are close to making an offer so it’s not really available). About 3 days later I got a call from the assistant manager of the dept and came in for an interview, that went well sent a thank you note (ask for their card it’s a small nicety that’s going away but makes you stand out), several days later I was called and offered a second interview with the department manager, that too went well, (another thank you note!), about 5 days after that the manager called me for a third interview with the GM of the store, which went well after which I sat with HR and was formally offered the position. About two weeks total, if you’re applying during one of the job fairs or a seasonal position, the process may be different this was for a full time permeant position.

Phone interview and then in person. I heard from employee over there that they prefer to hire men for visual merchandising because they think men can only handle the ladders, lift 50lbs or more and build fixtures. They are wrong, I been in this field for over 20 years and I’m female who can handle all of it. Nordstrom is sexist. If all female wonder why they can’t in it’s because of that.