Closing LA office once lease is up. Forcing some employees to relocate to Seattle. I’m wondering which departments have to relocate now?
AUGUST 08, 2024: WARN NOTICE 39 Employees
ATTN: WARN NOTICE: Laying OFF 39 EMPLOYEES at Brooklyn, NY STORE: Nordstrom NY 39 2024-05-08 2024-08-31 Brooklyn
JWN Managers Threaten Cuts Again per Anniversary Sale criteria
Hello all! Any confirmation if this is a corporate directive? Happening in your store? Or management trying to get a promotion? Let’s confirm cuts to hours for FT employees and managers just communicated for August 2024 after Anniversary Sale... — read more
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?”
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.
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
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?
Compliance Training Month.
Q.Who came up with this one? A. The people in Seattle who have nothing better to do.
Nordstrom Layoffs 2024
If the economy turns around, do you anticipate any Nordstrom layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?
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!
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
Seattle-based Nordstrom plans to move some operations to Iowa
Layoffs at the Nordstrom Quality Center are expected to begin early next year after the building's lease... — read more
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
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
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
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
Nordstrom officially closes SF flagship store, shoppers say goodbye
San Francisco's flagship Nordstrom store is officially closed. Sunday marked the store's final day in business after 35 years... — read more
Bye Bye.
KBS is gone
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
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
NMG layoffs
anyone know what teams were impacted? sad to see leadership’s misdirection in planning causing people to get caught up in this mess.
NordyCares instagram
Who remembers the nordycares instagram that heavily featured the cosmetic departments and SoCal stores? That was good times. Made for a great read when the stores freshly opened up after Covid.
Another crucial Anniversary Sale
How are things looking for the big sale? By Jul-August sale timeframe we should see financials crack and the next phase of economic crisis underway. Enjoy these next two weeks, the last moments of calm before the storm. I’ll shop the Sale in store... — read more
Accommodations for health
Question for employees of the company in the past 6 months. Has anyone have health issues where you asked hr for accommodations. Did you receive them or denied them. Thanks.
Has Nordstrom become a Day 2 company?
Perhaps. It is looking more and more like a Day 2 company. The next two years will tell the tale of the tape.
Here’s where it gets interesting
I need to start reading the jwn financial reports again. It was curious that a couple of years ago, Nordstrom would report on their lines of credit, cash that could be raised if absolutely necessary, like a 401(k) loan, almost like it was an asset. ... — read more
https://nordstrom.talentify.io/job/senior-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-belonging-program-manager---nordstrom-r-545541
The answer to the great Nordstrom turnaround! Once this position is filled and the program is in place, investors will rush to push Nordstrom stock well past the $50.00 level.
125 to 93 FL stores in a few years
I started with Nordstrom in late 2015 just after the expansion into Canada. During this time the store count was in the mid to high 120s. Now in 2023 with the Canadian expansion closing and the recently announced San Francisco store closing, that... — read more
RIP San Francisco
Nordstrom dumping both stores in downtown San Francisco. I know downtown SF isn't the same as it once was but I'm surprised to see this move. They were planning a major remodel for the SF flagship up until Covid. Wonder which other stores could be on... — read more