Used To Be A Customer. Used To Be An Employee. Can't Get Away Fast Enough. - Anonymous employee Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Employee Review

I was a long time customer of MG+BW and thought what a great place it would be to work. I was wrong. The way they treat the staff is barbaric. There were people there who had loved ones literally on their death-bed, but when asked if they could take time off to go see them they were told no. They were also told if they didn't show up for work they would be terminated. Do you have any idea how horrible it must be to not be able to say goodbye to your mother or father while they lay dying? A person shouldn't have to worry if they'll have a job to come back to. They weren't asking for time off to go to go on a vacation. They weren't asking for time off to interview for another job. They asked for time off to say goodbye to a loved one and MG+BW took that away from them. It's almost like being emotionally raped. The place is almost cultish. They want you to be a part of their group so badly and they act like they'll do anything to make you one of them, but once you're on the inside you see it for what it truly is. The reviews that are on this site that paint it as a great picture are obviously planted reviews. I promise you, if you go into any of their stores and ask the employees yourself, you wouldn't get a raving review or anything close to it. This has all been about the people who work there. Don't even get me started on the quality of the items they sell. I know someone who had purchased a couch from MG+BW. Long story short it had to be returned twice because of faulty workmanship. From start to finish it took 1.5 years to get the couch and by then the customer didn't even want it anymore. Who could blame them? Also, they sell smaller items for hundreds and hundreds of dollars when you can get the EXACT same item at TJMaxx, Marshall's, Home Goods and even Target for a fraction of the price. Perfect example, MG+BW sells agate bookends for $130, but I found the EXACT same ones at Home Goods for $29.99. They had the same "made in China" sticker that MG+BW makes us remove before displaying. The. Exact. Same. One.