{"id":6762,"date":"2019-02-13T22:18:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T22:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2019-04-11T00:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T00:52:19","slug":"culture-showdown-nordstrom-vs-macys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/culture-showdown-nordstrom-vs-macys\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Showdown: Nordstrom vs. Macy’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

For\u00a0today’s Culture Showdown, it’s two staples of brick-and-mortar retail: Nordstrom<\/b> and Macy’s<\/b>. What is the company culture like at Macy’s? How is the pay at Nordstrom? Let’s take a look at Comparably’s<\/a> data to get a peek behind the curtain of both chains to see how workers on the inside feel about their jobs and how they are treated.<\/p>\n

OVERALL CULTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Macy<\/p>\n

One Nordstrom employee says the company culture is \u201clike a family with our ups and downs but always giving our best.\u201d Another praises \u201cgreat teamwork and follow-through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Macy\u2019s culture gets a similar review from one worker: \u201cFrom day one, I have been treated like a family member to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

CEO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"macy<\/p>\n

A Nordstrom employee says \u201cI cannot say enough good things about Blake, Erik, and the whole Nordstrom family.\u201d Another says, \u201cWe don\u2019t hear much from them except with major announcements.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of Macy\u2019s leadership, one employee writes, \u201cthey need to get better at working as a team instead of individuals.\u201d Another writes that \u201ccommunication is lacking between the executives, managers, and other staff.”<\/p>\n

COMPENSATION<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Macy<\/p>\n

About their compensation, one Nordstrom employee writes, \u201cit\u2019s def fair and competitive.\u201d Another calls pay \u201creally good commission-based with salary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of Macy\u2019s pay, a worker writes, \u201cnot fair pay based on amount of work.\u201d Another says, \u201cThey pay as little as they can, a raise is literally 25 cents.\u201d<\/p>\n

PERKS AND BENEFITS<\/b><\/p>\n

\"macy<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Nordstrom\u2019s benefits package includes \u201cstock options, health, dental, vision, 401K, charitable match.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Macy\u2019s employee is thankful for their \u201c401k and retirement pension.\u201d<\/p>\n

GENDER\"macy<\/b><\/p>\n

One female Nordstrom employee writes of her department, \u201cThere are three of us and some departments are diverse and some not so much. Depends on the head department manager.\u201d<\/p>\n

About Macy\u2019s, one worker writes, \u201cIt\u2019s mostly women.\u201d Another hopes the leadership team will \u201cstop their patriarchal attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

DIVERSITY<\/b><\/p>\n

\"macy<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a good mix of men and women along with people from different ethnicities,\u201d writes one Nordstrom worker.<\/p>\n

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For\u00a0today’s Culture Showdown, it’s two staples of brick-and-mortar retail: Nordstrom and Macy’s. What is the company culture like at Macy’s? How is the pay at Nordstrom? Let’s take a look at Comparably’s data to get a peek behind the curtain of both chains to see how workers on the inside feel about their jobs and … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":6770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,4,3],"tags":[11,86,348,347],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6762"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6771,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6762\/revisions\/6771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}