Pros
I met some very nice, capable people at Nordstrom. None of them were IT managers.
Cons
The man at the top of the organization started out in women's shoes. Thirty or so years ago. Let's start there. When the company first ventured into e-commerce, you'd imagine it'd recruit expertise in that area. Nah. The company instead staffed senior positions in its IT organization with hack lifers from its brick and mortar organization. The company draws in talented people -- because of the brand's prestige, it always will -- then proceeds to make them miserable. Nordstrom, as a company, embodies everything I revile about Seattlites of Nordic extraction: it's generically pleasant but unknowable. It's main goal is to avoid, not incompetence, but unpleasantness. Also, it's cheap. You'll get paid better anywhere else. You really don't want to work here.