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Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

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Awful. - Customer Service Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Employee Review

1.0
Jul 20, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

I get to work from home.

Cons

I read these reviews before I applied. I thought that these were just one-off experiences. No, they're not. I have years of customer service experience, and my first day working for this company was the most unprepared I have ever been on the phones. We were rushed to complete modules while our jobs were threatened. There were no demos, no mock phone calls, no roleplays. All of this were definitely possible with the features our Adobe Connect classroom was capable of. I left a good job for this, and now I am more stressed than I have been in a while. Two weeks of training should have certainly been enough time. The idea that I work at a company that is throwing 100 new employees on the phones, weekly, to get yelled at by angry upper-middle-class customers is bizarre. The idea that I work for a company that won't even acknowledge their failures, or try to retrain employees is baffling. You should have outsourced your call center to a business that has experience answering calls. Also, there was randomly announced mandatory overtime and my shift can be extended at a whim. I am an adult, I've worked too hard in this world not to be able to work a simple 40-hour a week, consistent shift. I probably won't be back tomorrow.

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Smart, talented, and supportive colleagues who are enjoyable to work with. - Strong management team that provides clear direction and is invested in their team's success. - Excellent employee discount across the WSI brands. - Collaborative culture with opportunities to learn from experienced teammates. - Well-known portfolio of brands with exposure to a variety of businesses and marketing initiatives.

Cons

- Base salaries could be more competitive, particularly given the cost of living in SF.

2.0
Jul 3, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work from home, the immediate benefits and 40% discount

Cons

Benefits and discounts don’t pay the bulldog. The attendance structure is unbending and controlling. You must log in EXACTLY at 9:00 am, not a minute before or a minute after, log out EXACTLY at noon for lunch and log back in 30 minutes later. Not 29, not 31. And log out EXACTLY at 5 pm. Failure to do this you will get a warning. 2nd day of training I got called out for logging in early. EARLY. Told it could be grounds for termination. You get a 2-3 min bathroom break outside of the two measly 15 min breaks. If you take 5 minutes, command post will call to find out what’s going on. I don’t know how they think they can get away with monitoring your bathroom use. Then, for $15 per hour, you get to sit with your butt glued to your chair for 7.5 hours listening to angry customers all day. They expect you to handle 40-50 calls per day with 10 min max on each call. That’s 6 every hour, 10 minutes each. So the phone is ringing off the hook. All for $15 per hour and the privilege of working for Williams Sonoma. Run. You can do better.

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