Topics regarding layoffs at Nordstrom

Topics regarding layoffs at Nordstrom

Layoff season

March is between sales, seasons, dangerous time to be at corporate Nordstrom. I was laid off nine years ago this coming week. I wonder how many of my old chums are still there. Wish you well, good luck this deadly week.

Cutting shifts

Midwest DC 299 is folding their weekend shift. By June everyone has to decide which weekday shift they want. But that they are mainly pushing the night shift. They said there is room for everyone, but no one believes that.

Nordstrom to go private in all-cash $6.25 billion deal

Nordstrom is returning to its private roots after years of earnings struggles and investor indifference. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nordstrom-to-go-private-in-all-cash-625-billion-deal-is-it-a-good-move-172757720.html

Nordstrom Layoffs 2025

If the market makes a turn soon, do you think there will be Nordstrom layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

380 overnight forgotten and unworthy.

Promises promises. The unworthy night crew at 380 who needed raises were denied what everyone else received... the full raise. We received 60%... and nothing will come our way as promised in October. Hey, we can’t afford groceries, and you created a... — read more 

Nordstrom closing LA office

Closing LA office once lease is up. Forcing some employees to relocate to Seattle. I’m wondering which departments have to relocate now?

Restaurant closures and gift wrap

The New York store has closed gift wrap and two of the restaurants. Customers are not pleased. Also management noticeably panicked about their metrics. Heard some rumors they may shut down the men’s store.

Where is the freight?

I work in a DC and with anniversary coming up we were told that we would be on OT starting last week. We'll we have been running out of freight everyday! They keep telling us either trucks broke down or are stuck in a rail yard, but what's really... — read more 

Sycamore Partners

Do you foresee any layoffs coming with the "potential" going private with Sycamore partners? Look at what they've done to other businesses they've worked with.

Restaurant Closures

Surprised to not see this yet here. Last month it looks like Nordstrom closed the restaurants in its lowest volume stores, instead directing customers to the eBar which now has more food items. These stores have lost their restaurants: Menlo... — read more 

JWN looking to Morgan Stanley & PE

Nordstrom shares jittering as founding family seeks to take retailer private AGAIN?? Anybody have the “tea-on-this-tragedy?”

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HR layoffs

Heard 50% of HR staff in some departments hit this week...

Senior Relics

Management will target employees with ten plus years experience with negative anonymous shopping reviews! They cannot afford employees especially in the Beauty Departments or for that matter-Customer Service or ANY salaried relic.

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Removing Nordstrom out of Nordstrom.

Well, they reshuffled (reinvented :) all the departments and gone are the last of the familiar names that were once part of Nordstrom culture. TBD, POV, SAVVY, INDY, BRASS PLUMB, RAIL, GIFT GALLERY, NORDSTROM STANDARD, UPSIDE DOWN PYRAMID, RAISES... — read more 

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NPG team check in

Anyone have any ideas what content will be discussed on this mtg? Any idea if there will be more lay offs?

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Nordstrom Layoffs 2024

If the economy turns around, do you anticipate any Nordstrom layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

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| 2061 views | | 5 replies (last February 17, 2024)
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Sick days pay.

Which stores in Illinois receive sick day hours plus pto hours accrued for hours worked. I know store 223 does sick pay until you are accruing pto hours, then they stop the sick pay . Cook county passed in 2017 that we should be getting both!

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Hey 380

How’s the hiring event going? Oops, sorry... I shouldn’t have asked. Hey... reach out to the Racks for some help... Crickets chirping.... No one responded.... Ask yourself why? You are hated for your policies, politics, and the way you treat your... — read more 

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| 1196 views | | 3 replies (last November 23, 2023)
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SW region stores

my store in this region hasn't been doing well for awhile, worried the writing is on the wall but all the leadership keeps things hush-hush (of course) anyone else in this region noticing the same about theirs? very frustrated by the constant... — read more 

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Our wage for your labor.

Wow... Corporate Seattle has to roll up their sleeves and complete two 4 hour shifts in a month with the unclean who don’t receive raises... Wow!!! Opportunity check.... tell these “people” what your opinions are! Make their rack experience... — read more 

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| 1106 views | | 9 replies (last January 4, 2024)
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Confiscate my cell phone.

Are you kidding! If any member of Nordstrom management confiscates your cell phone, immediately contact an attorney!!!! What if your child has an accident/ becomes ill? Mall shooting? Parents have a health emergency? If something like the above... — read more 

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| 960 views | | 4 replies (last November 27, 2023)
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VOE survey results.

The VOE survey results were so negative, that Seattle had to pass the buck to the team managers to spin a picture that Is a 360 degree spin from the actual unpublished/ stifled / actual results. Cowards! You’re the ones who created the survey!... — read more 

Run away

380 is toxic. If given an opportunity to work there... run away. They do not appreciate the support staff in any way. The store manager needs to be replaced.

North Shore - Peabody MA

How is this full line Nordstrom store still in business? My guess is the rent is exceptionally low (maybe $1/year), and the company is just waiting for the lease to end. It’s not a high-end mall, and this store doesn’t carry any designers. Makes no... — read more 

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Oops, maybe we shouldn’t have done this.

KBS is being dismissed... Thank God!! Hey T.V. You tossed your entire housekeeping team down the toilet to invest in KBS who did 1/3 the work In 4 hours. The housekeeping team you dismissed was Nordstrom’s greatest asset!!! This was doomed to failure... — read more 

VOE Survey

This survey is not anonymous, if you comment and are honest... retaliation will follow if your comments disturb “The Force”

Processing overhaul in full line stores in Arizona.

The processing world here is being turned upside down after Labor Day. The whole team has been crammed onto the dock to process. The mail room has been crammed into an old stockroom. No room, no room for storage, safety issues abound. Truck... — read more 

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Nordstrom is better?

Is Nordstrom working culture and environment is truly better than Macy’s? Is the grass really greener?

Men's NYC possible Closure 2024

Word on the street in corporate gossip is The Family isn't happy with the ROI from the NYC campus. That major investment is turning sour and weighing down. They're working on plans to fold the men's store into the basement of 212. If sales don't turn... — read more 

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