Designer - Designer Ralph Lauren Employee Review

1.0
Feb 29, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Working with an iconic American fashion brand is just one positive

Cons

Toxic work environment with a high school mindset and a very high turnover. There was no collaboration in team effort, but favoritism amongst the managers. Instead of collaborating and assisting each other as teams with a consistent daily workflow, a majority of the employees would constantly complain about their low pay and positions. Unfortunately, the complaining would occur everyday in the department. Sadly, even your boss would complain about their pay and stagnant position to you. There would also be other constant personal complaints, which created an even more toxic work environment. Furthermore, there was a lot of bullying and backstabbing involved with me in the department and I was never appreciated as an employee and team member from the start. There’s a saying where 80-90% of your daily life is at work. Well guess what? At RL, you can sense the toxic, negative energies in the air once you walk in and that will follow you towards the rest of the day and each week. Lastly, there was no value in employees except for the very few selected ones. I forewarn anyone to not ever work here in design or even start your career here. There is a constant high turnover with a toxic work environment and that includes the bullying and backstabbing. It is clearly not a healthy work environment and it would be very detrimental to your mental health down the line.

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