<p>I think Rbt. Half is a contract/temp service for the accounting industry.</p>
<p>Dillard’s surprised me too. The clerks in our stores have been there quite a while and still manage to smile and help!</p>
<p>A relative works for #10. Their boss plays favorites with employees, and he is trying to become a district manager. He gives out hours to those who do not follow policies regarding opening, and closing instead of the employees who actually follow the book. No recognition of employee loyalty, and constantly schedules my relative when they ask off even for finals.</p>
<p>They are trying to get switched out to another store, but the boss won’t submit the request. My relative willing goes to other stores when they need help, and often offers to go, but if the boss isn’t feeling gracious he won’t allow them to go over and help. My relative thinks that their boss is trying to either get them to quit, or find a way to fire them. I guess that happens when you tell the boss you do not wish to move up the corporate ladder because you are in school.</p>
<p>As soon as my sister had worked at Nordstrom’s long enough (decade?) to get another week (two weeks?) of vacation, she was fired for being five minutes late. She had been at the store until after eleven pm the night before, putting up a big display for a promotion. Divorced mother of two children.</p>
<p>Nordstrom is considered to be a very good employer.</p>
<p>She was the top salesperson in her dept, too. No one felt secure after that, they knew it would happen to them if they worked there long enough.</p>
<p>^^ She was one person in one department in one store. It’s a big company. We all have individual horror stories. That doesn’t categorically make an entire company a “bad employer”.</p>
<p>^ Well that’s the thing, isn’t it? Work awhile and you’ll stumble across a few abusive incidents. Go looking for abusive incidents and you’ll find a nearly unlimited supply. That doesn’t mean there aren’t better (and “worser”) companies to work for. But by and large you do the best you can with the opportunities you have … and hope your department head doesn’t believe in using terror to control employees.</p>
<p>The most poignant part for me: I tried to get my sister to come home for Christmas, year after year. “No, I just can’t, the store needs me.” “That store doesn’t give a blank’s blank about you.” Year after year. Our parents died suddenly, unexpectedly, three weeks apart. They were only 63 and 68. So much for ever having the whole family together for the holiday. Within the year, Nordstrom’s fired her as per post #24.</p>
<p>I believe that is typical for that employer, not some wild, random misfortune.</p>
<p>Well, I’m a labor and employment lawyer, and I’ve never heard or read about Nordstrom being a problem employer. There are plenty of companies that are!</p>
<p>I work for the only financial institution on the list. Having seen this least a couple of weeks ago I showed it to some of my co-workers (not through company email ofc because that would be viewed as an act of email abuse and a violation of code of conduct worthy of a write up at the very least). I have seen people let go many times for being out sick for too long (Cancer and brain aneurysms) and thereby left without health insurance. The Company will not hold onto the employee any longer than they legally are obliged to. I have seen employees let go for arrests for minor crimes (that they never were convicted for) while others have stayed on after committing and being found guilty of crimes. It all depends on who the perpetrator is.</p>
<p>At very best I can affirm that the sentiment of comments made in this article is a common complaint at many of their offices. In my own office we were surprised to see that the complaints of people in other cities were similar to our own. Misery loves company? This company is losing many valuable employees to similar positions at other companies that are paying 3 times more. People with MBA’s and specialized degrees are making much less than $35K per year whereas their peers at other companies are making quite a bit more. Word to the wise. The people making the most money are those that came in as Irving Trust legacy employees from way back (25 plus years) when there was cash profit sharing, stock options, and raises were in the plus 10% range annually.</p>
<p>By the way, it (post 24) was not in Illinois, it was in a western state. In case you were thinking, “That must have been where I work”.</p>
<p>I know a company that has made the “Best places to work in PA” list a few times. They pay a cash bonus to the employees if they make the list, so I suspect there many entries with all questions answered with “10”</p>
<p>One of the companies on the list is a client of my firm. Sounds like we should make a push to get their labor & employment work!</p>
<p>^^^LOL. And hope they don’t treat their counsel the way they treat employees!</p>