Careless moves for the IPO will cost this company later. - Anonymous employee Neiman Marcus Employee Review

1.0
Oct 4, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is good, the people I work with on a daily basis are phenomenal. The CEO doesn't seem to understand that if cuts need to be made to payroll for looking good on an IPO, that the managers would have probably made wise choices. I had good managers.

Cons

The CEO and corporate logic on handling things. If you're making drastic changes right before an IPO and decide to cut members of your online production and copy departments, don't be surprised when your website looks poor in one month because your workers have been overburdened. Why cut 500 jobs if you're going to have to hire more workers back in a month, retrain and spend just as much if not more on payroll? Why not just be honest on paper for the IPO?

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5.0
Mar 4, 2026
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Pros

* If you have an amazing team and management the day goes by fast. * Commission. * Easy to rely on foot traffic to meet goals. * If you ask for growth, they set thing ups that align with what you want, you just need to ask.

Cons

* If its slow, its SLOW. * There can be drama, it just depends on the department you're in.

2.0
May 31, 2025
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Pros

Relaxed dress code, decent hours (latest we close is 7pm),

Cons

Work-life balance is so bad. They basically require you to work off the clock too. Commission. After a year it's only commission. You will have to fight for customers and your money. Drama will co-workers will edibility come up. The commission percentage is slim 6-7 percent on clothing and 9 percentage on shoes. You also wont be paid doing any cleaning, stocking, processing returns, handling customer's issues, or properly setting up the store, which they require so much of. Returns affect you directly. People abuse returns way too often. You will have to stand on your feet way too much and they even get mad at you for slightly leaning on anything. They give you a work phone to constantly be texting people and sending them products. If you fall behind on this they will be so mad at you. sometimes you just don't want to be begging people to buy things. The metrics, stats, goals, and numbers they use too access our "productivity" does not accurately show the amount of effort you put in this job.

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