This place gold plated everything they told me in the beginning starting with the 3 months of interviews. After 5 interviews and a mock project they required, they offered me a salary that became hourly pay and subsequently became part-time. The entire team was drastically cut back on hours at the end of the fiscal year to meet fiscal goals for the gallery while our own bills went unpaid. They put a ton of energy into new hires and make the job seem like a dream. The reality is that you will always be treated as if you are a “deficit” and that you need to do better even when you’re giving it your all. For this company “doing better” means doing more in less time regardless of the quality of the outcome. They sold the job as a professional interior design job and required a 4-year degree in interior design for the position. Once I got past the bs, the job felt like the closest thing to working on a used car lot that I can imagine. They pride themselves on not basing pay on commission, but your hours are cut because you’re not selling enough. The place is unethical, but you’ll sit through an hour long meeting every day that is based solely on “values”. You will be uncomfortably forced to share personal stories in front of the entire room in these meetings and if you don’t you’ll be reprimanded. The leadership style makes me nauseated for the disingenuous and demeaning style of management that is designed to keep you feeling bad about yourself. You will be treated like a child, not a professional. The fake tone in their voices is like nails on a chalkboard when you’re overwhelmed, unheard, and out of time. Leadership is two-faced and will say something to you privately that would get them fired if they had HR. Thats right, no HR for a company as monolithic as RH! Terrible quality of products —you will be required to redirect a conversation when sustainability is brought up because there are absolutely no standards. In fact, there is a policy that furniture must be thrown away and cannot be donated. If an employee tries to take a piece of furniture out of the “trash”, they will be fired. Terrible quality of workplace. Every ounce of energy goes into the client who is not paying for interior design services. There is no limit to how many projects you’ll work on so you’ll be constantly overwhelmed. There is no one with design experience in leadership so your needs will never be heard. You will leave this place with nothing to put into your portfolio; no photos of your work, no presentations, and a joke of a name on your design resume. Run, don’t walk.
