Williams-Sonoma Reviews

I worked at Williams-Sonoma part-time for more than a year

Pros – Very LGBT friendly. Good atmosphere. The employees are easy to get along with... even when I get on their last nerves. Everyone there is hilarious!

Cons – Lots of inside politics. The pay rate could be a bit higher. Some managers have "favorites".

Advice to Senior Management – Stop playing games. And to one specific manager, stop stealing sales.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Williams-Sonoma full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Collaborative environment, great location, talented people.

Cons – A bit slow to implement improvements

Advice to Senior Management – Could improve leadership development programs for middle-management associates.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Williams-Sonoma full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great product and great customers. Was dream job.

Cons – Compensations terrible for pt associates and junior management

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Williams-Sonoma part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great people. Low turnover. Great products and customer service, Great employee discounts.

Cons – Pay is lower than other comparable retailers

Advice to Senior Management – Cross train your employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Williams-Sonoma full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Excellent Opportunities bust must seek them out yourself.
Lot of autonomy given.
Very real responsibility very quickly.

Cons – Jobs can get routine.
No one will come after you to promote you. You must 'promote' yourself

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Williams-Sonoma full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – if you like 40 % discounts on a pink dotted bean bag you definitely should join this company

Cons – disrespectful, arrogant and strongly über-self-opinionated senior co-workers and managers
No room for growth, culture of secrecy, cronyisms and double standards, had been kept totally in the dark and being used as a Guiana pig.
At one time my manager even backstabbed me by advising a co-work not to release certain information I was asking the co-worker for and I would have needed for my project.
Blame culture, no team work but divide and conquer approach

Advice to Senior Management – Practise your advertised "People first" slogan

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Williams-Sonoma part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Love the associates I work with and their eagerness to help customers. Great associate discount for their products. Wouldn't want to work for any other retailer with similar products.

Cons – Love my manager, but she needs help keeping signage current for displayed products. Some displays not functioning properly, such as salt and pepper mills, displaying products without all their parts, such as oven racks. I realize that's because of fear of customer stealing, but there has to be a way to display products better.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep this manager by all means. She is a very hard worker and eager to please customers and employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Williams-Sonoma full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – When I started Pottery Barn was more like Cost Plus. There was plenty to be done and if you could take stuff on you were given the ok and eventually rewarded. Changed careers there twice with support of management. Very pro female environment.

Cons – Very pro female environment. Slow to hire. Slow to give promotions. Not great at listening. Higher management thinks they know what the customer wants and doesn't listen good enough to new ideas and feedback.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Williams-Sonoma full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Multi billion dollar corporation, 6+ various different brands, high pay rates/ hr

Cons – Not an easy copany to grow in (if you have no prior background in your area of interest)

Advice to Senior Management – loss prevention has a flaw....return policy is too flexible.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Williams-Sonoma part-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great people to work with

Cons – Low salary and unrealistic expectations

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company