Nice jewellery, but micro management culture - Payroll/H/R Specialist Swarovski Employee Review

2.0
Jun 19, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Loved 60% discount, nice Chiswick office

Cons

Manager tried micro managing me, no autonomy

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Swarovski Response
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. At Swarovski, we truly value constructive employee and customer feedback, both positive and negative. Our hope is to make each individual employee, from our stores to our corporate offices, feel that they are valued. We have read your review and your concerns. At Swarovski we have an open-door policy and encourage our employees to reach out to a member of upper management or HR to make sure their concerns and ideas for the betterment of the company are addressed and handled strategically and effectively in a timely matter, as only with constructive feedback from our current and former employees as well as our customers can we improve and remain relevant in today’s everchanging world. Please be assured your feedback was shared with Global HR. Once again, we want to thank you for taking the time to leave a review and wish you much success in your future endeavors.

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