Pluspunten
I think it’s a great place to start your career. You can make around $40k a year, work completely remote, understand the dynamics of corporate life and designer fashion. Learn organization, vendor relationships, team work, and understand communication between marketing, editorial, copy writing, web team, etc. As a coordinator, you do the grunt work to make sure all of the work your buyer does actually ends up on the website and is sellable. Very great experience to put on your resume and get OUT the second you can.
Minpunten
I don’t even know where to begin with the cons. - Extremely underpaid. I worked at Neimans for 4 months and then found a job that paid me double that requires half of the work they make Coordinators do. It would’ve taken me another 6+ years at Neimans to get paid what I make now. - The company culture does not fit the new expectations of only “working your wage”. As you get better at your job, they will add more and more work to your plate and never promote you. If you ask for a promotion, they will say “you should do it for the love of the business, not for the money”. Red flag… - Benefits and PTO are terrible your first year. TERRIBLE. Run for the hills. - as a Coordinator or Assistant Buyer, you are hired in literal FLOCKS of 30+. You do training in huge waves, basically like a summer camp. You are just a number, and they literally hire an extra 20 people per hiring wave just to be “floaters” or “rotators” that are there to be on deck and ready to go when people quit (which I swear happens every week) If you want a job that feeds your ego, Neimans is great. You get to tell everybody “Look! I work at Neiman Marcus! I get to look at Gucci all day!” But you can’t pay your rent with ego. You will never be paid your worth. Get the job, put it on your resume, and then leave after a few months and go find a job that’ll actually pay you and give you benefits! Find a job that’ll allow you to negotiate your salary, gives starting bonuses, gives you PTO, etc.