Insulting and degrading work environment - Anonymous employee Sephora Employee Review

1.0
22 Aug 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I had made a wonderful group of co worker friends, i have done a ton of growing in the industry and enjoyed the training and product perks.

Cons

Management team is suffocating and demeaning. They treat you as if you are beneath them as a human being. Your rights and your dignity do not matter. Myself and so many others around me felt anxiety and stress on a daily basis there. There have been numerous counts of unfairness in treatment among the employees due to favoritism which seems to be unfortunately from a racist perspective. I have been bullied and shot down enough times that all i can do is find some form of justice so that it does not have to keep happening to others in the future. The concept of "cleaning house" through misery is just sick to me and without getting to know the hard working individuals that spend so much of their lives there. Its really about who you know and whos pet you are at this place. I wish my experience here could have been something to rave about..and it could have very well been but instead im happy to be free.

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