Everyone has their own tolerance. It’s not fair to call someone “thin skinned” and imply emotional weakness just because you’re not. Plus we don’t know the real story and how people feel because we haven’t been in their shoes.
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Anyone have any thoughts on Zara?
I didn’t call any specific person thin skinned. Rather, I suggested that some (again, no one specific and not everyone) people MAY need to toughen-up a bit. There is no way that EVERY boss is wrong and every employee is right.
Sometimes, the people who complain about their supervisors actually suck at their job.
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OK yes, I see what you mean that sometimes people may not be too good at their job or are able to handle their workload. I think that everyone’s story is different and that it’s good to just keep these comments in mind.
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Onia… run fast and dont look back… Horrible work environment and the owners are the worst people ever.
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Rubin Singer = Most toxic place ever. Bankruptcy. Salaries not paid to employees. Vendors, Suppliers, & factories, do not get paid even though he’s been paid for the merchandise. Screaming, throwing of things, constant blame on workers. Employees quit - never see a dime. RS keeps trudging along, somehow. Total scam artist.
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Well, a lot of companies don’t have PLM because the licensing is expensive and some overseas factories don’t have PLM access. If the company isn’t doing large volume orders then the cost may not be worth it.
As far as the sketches, some factories are fine with basic hand drawn sketches. If a company makes it work 
The real issue imo is paying employees a fair wage and treating all with fairness and respect.
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I made the PLM comment because of the sz of the company. I’ve worked at places that didn’t have it. But in my mind a company of that sz should have some kind of PLM system 
The issues about wages and fair treatment are of course a problem but they come dime a dozen in fashion. It’s sadly the norm when it shouldn’t be.
ha just like showroom seven/ seventh House pr
I have ben ion the biz for over 20 years and my phone interview with Amazon was one of the worst, most bizarre i’ve ever had. She was rude, interrupted me repeatedly, corrected my opinion that is was cold outside, I could hear her typing as I spoke, and then proceeded to tell me about herself for 40 minutes. Forty fucking minutes. I was on the phone for an hour and only spoke for about 10 minutes. sounded absolutely awful and have never heard one good word about working there.
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Sorry to hear this. Would you share this information in the Interview section too? I’m sure others would be able to benefit from your experience.
Thanks,
Grand Poobah
I interviewed for a Senior denim position at Guess a couple of years ago and the interviewer basically told me that the turnover is incredibly high, specifically for the product categories Paul fixates on, because he’s nasty and everyone bounces. I asked about the designer I was interviewing to replace and I believe she had only tolerated him for a handful of months.
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I had the same experience…the woman was unloading her dishwasher and I had to keep asking her what she was saying. She told me all about the pay strategy but nothing at all about the creative position that she was interviewing me for. Btw they contacted me!!!
This is exactly what Upper Management says to make people feel bad when they treat people like crap. eye roll
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GIII apparel group was hands down the worst, most disorganized, racist, toxic work environment I was in. Management screamed at workers daily and told them they are “disposable” also they (management) often talked poorly about women of color , even if they themselves were not white. Stay clear everyone!
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Yikes sorry this happened to you! Would you mind telling us which RL brand it was? I heard bad things about Lauren by Ralph Lauren
which division were you at? had survived 5yrs at GIII and my mental & physical couldn’t handle it anymore, so I left lol
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I worked on both Women’s Polo and Lauren. Women’s Polo was toxic from day one. Then I moved to Lauren which started out fine until they laid off all of the great, hardworking people that knew how to run the business. They were replaced over and over by management teams who had no idea what they were doing and who were hired for political reasons (i.e. they were either friends with someone on the executive management team or had been with the company for 20+ years and just shuffled from brand to brand, yet probably should have been fired years ago)
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Oh man! That seems to be the pattern in the fashion industry, I’m sure it is in others too. I hate when they hire people who are not fit for the job just because they “know someone”
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Ahem, Rubin owes me money for a bounced check for sketches i did for him. I took him to small claims court and everything, and won, still yet to get paid.
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