Hermès reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(447 total reviews)
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Axel Dumas

93% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Hermès has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 447 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Hermès employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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447 reviews
1.0
Oct 13, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Can’t say. Difficult work environment.

Cons

The accounting director is a racist individual who only has success working with Asians. Asians constitute more than half of the team. If you are not Asian, she will be tough on you until you finally quit.

1.0
Jun 10, 2021

Useless HR team

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None, HR team is manipulative and condescending. Pretends to care, but all for show. This is the worst HR department I’ve seen in my entire career.

Cons

The company is forcing employees from the corporate office to return to work full time starting July 6th without ANY exceptions. Almost every other corporate office in New York has implemented new rules and flexibility to allow employees to work from home. If the work can be done from home, why force employees to commute everyday. At least allow some flexibility. The company has setup hotlines where you can express your concerns and also does surveys time to time. But it’s all for show because they don’t take into account anyone’s concerns. Hermes is stuck in the 18th century. They need to change their mindset and understand that the needs have changed. People don’t need to spend hours on commute to sit in an office and work. IF your job can be done at home, then what’s the harm is allowing some flexibility?

3.0
Oct 21, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They do have the best craftsmanship in their product. Everything is meticulously made and when you leave the company you become jaded of price point and can't see other luxury brands the same. You will compare everything else to Hermès and it will disappoint. Hermès has the best quality in leather. Not only is the price point amazingly high but the clientele you begin to work with is nothing like other brands. These are the top 1% clients that will almost always be loyal and come back to you for the birkin and Kelly. They really do take care of you in a sense of stocks, employee sales, good hourly, and they also flew us out for the NY family reunion for 3 days. I was also sent to Beverly Hills for silk training. I was also sent to do watch training.

Cons

It gets rather political with the approval of the birkin and Kelly bags. It is stressful because the demand is out there but you have to push to sell other categories in order to get an approval on a bag. You are also fighting product with your fellow colleagues. Your life is based around work because you will have to come in on days off for client appointments. They guilt trip you when you ask to take a personal or a sick day. It is unfortunate that it is stressful because the market for these handbags are highly desirable. They expect you to have a Birkin and Kelly mix ratio under 20%.

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