Working at Nordstrom, Inc.

Contextualizing I'm a white cis woman so acknowledging I can't speak to the experiences of marginalized and systematically oppressed people working here. At corporate, the relatively calm work life balance keeps a lot of people around. The people who work here are nice enough and always willing to help. It's clear the C-Suite cares a lot about the company and the people who work there. Your experience can and will vary greatly depending on the team you're on and the chain of managers you have. The pay can be decent but do your research. Health care is is also above average but still not great especially if you go for the HSA plans. It's a big enough company where you can learn new skills and parts of the business well enough to transition to a new career path or switch teams. If you're lucky, your organization will have a clear career progression ladder for your role and supportive managers will give you as much exposure as you have bandwidth. The company pivoted to remote work with COVID and it's unclear if, how or when we'll transition back to working in office. Yearly salary raises tend to be a joke and are more matching with the rise of inflation than anything. The promotions system outside of the technology organization is absolutely ridiculous. For much of the business, you have to apply to other roles within the company to get a promotion, and there are caps for the salary increase you can get in a promotion. Nordstrom has a systemic issue with inconsistency in