Williams Sonoma

"Great place for women as long as you're placed in a team willing to champion you. I was lucky enough to be placed in a team with a female manager who cared about my development. I did witness the other side of the coin- there is a gate-keeping culture of sorts.. if you gel with your team mates and leaders you will get far, but if you are not a culture fit, expect the treatment to be slightly different. Different functions have different cultures as well- some are more cut throat than others. "

"In our Care Center, it's definitely a boys club which is disappointing."

"There is a very political atmosphere and culture, favoritism not based on performance."

"employees are not treated fairly by some bosses so you have to be careful"

"The schedule is set so you can't get full-time and can't plan on doing anything else because you are always on call."

"As a GM in a remote market I have been given a generous amount of autonomy to build and support my staff and business. The company does reflect the prevailing wisdom that men make more then women, period. But on a corporate level we represent an executive management that is close to 50% female and the president of WS brand is particularly aware of the unsavory and, at times, surly leadership styles a male dominated work place creates and has worked to transform her immediate surroundings with a priority of a respectful workplace."