Don't let the "Beautiful Brand" fool you. Corporate behind the scenes is a cultural mess. - Anonymous employee Ralph Lauren Employee Review

2.0
Sep 12, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The Brand recognition is a Pro, but Brand recognition no longer off sets the lack of consistent leadership vision execution, major turnover, and sad decline in relevance, culture and overall morale.

Cons

Company is no longer growing. People, culture and talent are not a priority or truly valued - financials and politics are. Most of management are either miserable or scared. The strongest talent does not stay anymore during a time when the company needs its "stars" the most. Compensation is not competitive. Political in-fighting across departments. Diversity within Senior Management, Corporate and Business leadership has become shockingly non existent for a company of this size. Clueless, disorganized, untrustworthy HR leadership.

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Pros

Employees enjoy comprehensive welfare programs and a generally favorable working environment.

Cons

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1.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Discounted coffee, insurance, some hardworking co workers.

Cons

The first West Coast location of Ralph’s Coffee Newport Beach is the worst place I've ever worked. Under the management of David Peterson, people work short-staffed very often, and his working style is very passive, and his timing is terrible. I don't know why they made him manager without proven experience and a lack of leadership. Chronic understaffing paired with a manager who avoids weekends, holidays, and difficult conversations creates a compounding problem staff burnout rises, morale drops, and unaddressed poor performers make things worse for everyone else. The irony is that understaffing often ends up costing the business more through overtime, turnover, and lost productivity than fixing it would but he they never try to fix it.

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