Unsafe work environment for BIPOC women - Corporate Office Ralph Lauren Employee Review

2.0
Aug 28, 2023
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Pros

The medical plan is expensivebut overall they offered a competitive benefits package.

Cons

Black women are disproportionately concentrated in lower wage administrative positions. This is particularly true for Black female employees who are not racially ambiguous. They experience social and professional isolation and are gaslit if they raise concerns to the business leaders. There are multiple women who have been bullied and ostracized by their counterparts and eventually pushed out. The behavior contridicts the ideals of the founder. BIPOC women are paid less but hold the most expectations without any seniority in areas outside of p&d. Take a tour of any of their offices, fashion shows or luxury stores and you will see something consistently missing from their diverse leadership. There is a systemic problem with wage theft

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

The decision-making process can be overly top-down, often disregarding the professional dignity of the employees.

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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