Nordstrom chops 300-plus jobs as San Francisco store closures loom

Nordstrom has decided to chop well over 300 jobs in San Francisco as the upscale retailer prepares store shutdowns in the wake of rising crime problems and worsening economic woes in that city.

The job losses will hit two Nordstrom retail sites, both on Market Street in San Francisco, according to official filings with the state government.

The retailer decided to cut jobs at the Nordstrom department store at 865 Market Street and the Nordstrom Rack outlet at 901 Market Street, WARN notices sent to the state Employment Development Department show.

Seattle-based Nordstrom has decided to cut a combined total of 379 jobs at the two stores in San Francisco, according to the filings with the state EDD.

An estimated 333 people are slated to lose their jobs at the Nordstrom department store, which is in the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall.

Another 46 workers will be laid off at the Nordstrom Market Street Rack a few doors away.

It’s possible that not all 379 workers affected by the intended layoffs will lose their jobs, Meghan Hannes, Nordstrom’s human resources director, stated in the WARN letters to the EDD.

The Nordstrom Rack layoffs are slated to occur on July 1. The Nordstrom department store is due to conduct its layoffs on Aug. 27.

None of the Nordstrom workers at either location are represented by a union.

“No employees at this location have bumping rights,” Hannes stated in the WARN letter.

The San Francisco stores aren’t the only Bay Area location affected by a Norstrom closure.

In 2020, Nordstrom decided to permanently close its store at Pleasanton’s Stoneridge Shopping Center.

In March 2023, Shopoff Realty Investments, Praelium Commercial Real Estate and Singerman Real Estate teamed up to buy the Nordstrom Pleasanton store for $16 million.

The Pleasanton department store site might be replaced by a housing development.