Pottery Barn Reviews

3.2

40% would recommend to a friend

(1,479 total reviews)
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Laura J. Alber

42% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Pottery Barn has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,479 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Pottery Barn employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
2 Aug 2016

All fluff no substance

Recommend
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Pros

Staff discount of 40% is about as good as it gets. Shops look good but it's all bells and whistles for the customers that's where it end.

Cons

Work life balance is terrible. Head office are great at barking orders but never practise what they preach. Senior management have now idea of what is going on in their stores. One person has full control, which finds them disconnected from the business. Arrogant and hitler like management flows through to the store managers, who leave in droves due to the stress. 1 in 4 deliveries has an issue and the company expect 15-20% of all orders will never be filled. Dealing the the Customer Service team in the US is painful at best and don't seem to care about the customers. Have seen people charged several times for the one item and had to fight for 6 months to get their money back. No product has a stated warranty, they warrant items as they deem will save them money. Have had customer crying instore due to the service they got from the US team, but the managers hands are tied to help as final say is made by one person in Aust and the US team. Most people throw their hands in the air and walk away - customers and staff, due to the stress of it all. Most staff wait for the stab in the back, and it's ripe in all the bands.

1.0
9 Aug 2016

Pottery Barn Sydney Review

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Employee Discount is quite generous, you also work in a beautiful store, some associates are also very nice

Cons

They don't pay attention to HR isues, one of the managers who was famous in disrespecting associates got the promotion and became the senior manager although so many employees complained from this manager

1.0
31 Mar 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Generous discount, working with nice sales associates.

Cons

Managers can bully you and still get promoted to senior or area manager, one of them told me you are expected to work at least 45 hours (without being compensated). I was asked to skip my lunch break, working in off site is hazardous (live wires hanging from the ceiling and heavy boxes stacked on top of each other), they expect you to lift heavy boxes without help, managers are rude and demanding and get the credit for your hard work. Once a heavy box landed on my head, assist manager refused to fill an OHS form for me!

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