Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Employee Reviews about "management"

Pros

Pay at Williams Sonoma is really good but it doesn't anoint to anything if they are not in peak season.

Cons

The upper management and human resources representatives do whatever they can to make your work experience hell. Employees are not appreciated.

Pros

It is a financially stable company that will withstand economic hardships. Business is thriving in the pandemic. You get to work with beautiful product. Great learning experience.

Cons

Pay is pretty low and the benefits are only moderate for a Bay Area position. There isn't much vacation time and there is no option to work from home(pre-covid). The president of the WS brand is also a mediocre leader. The rules of the land that trickle down the chain seem to have been made to feed his ego. The management isn't great with taking associate's feedback and sharing that with the president. The WS brand also doesn't typically outright give promotions. People quit and then they reorg the merchant team only to give them a mediocre pay increase. They don't typically back-fill open positions but just reorg which causes people's jobs to double in size but not double in pay.

Pros

Great brands and products.

Cons

Not open to new ideas. Very conservative management team and they are very insecure about opinions different than Laura Alber's (CEO).