Williams-Sonoma is a retailer of home furnishings and gourmet cookware that offers products for every room in the house from the kitchen to the living room, bedroom, home office, and even the hall closet. The company's product portfolio includes kitchenware, furniture, and linens, as well as other houseware and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods, and soaps and lotions. The first Williams-Sonoma store opened in 1956, selling a small array of cookware imported from France. Since then, the brand has expanded to hundreds of products from around the world, more than 250 stores nationwide, a direct-mail business that distributes millions of catalogs a year, and an e-commerce platform. Williams-Sonoma was founded in 1956 and is based in San Francisco, C.A.The staff at Williams Sonoma come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 60.5% female and 39.7% ethnic minorities. Despite its diversity in other areas, Williams Sonoma employees are noticeably lacking in political diversity. It has an unusually high proportion of employees who are members of the Democratic Party, at 82.0%. Employees seem to enjoy working in an otherwise diverse workplace that is dominated by members of the Democratic Party. Williams Sonoma has great employee retention with staff members usually staying with the company for 3.1 years.The average employee at Williams Sonoma makes $33,091 per year. In comparison, some of its highest paying competitors, like Vudu, Levi Strauss & Co., and Fox Head, pay $67,887, $41,481, and $41,084, respectively.Based in San Francisco, CA, Williams Sonoma is an industry leader with 28,200 employees and an annual revenue of $7.7B.
Williams Sonoma's mission statement
To enhance our customers lives at home, a statement of purpose that drives our actions every day.
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Bonuses, I miss those! Upper management is a plus! Benefits included!
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
The pay should be a minimum &20/ hr
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
Benefits, Training and Bonuses!!
How did you prepare for the Williams Sonoma interview?
Read company history, and see if you are a good fit! Patience is a virtue, keep customer happy!
What do you like best about Williams Sonoma's CEO and the leadership team?
They are awesome in training!
How would you improve Williams Sonoma's culture?
Pay more to workers!
What brings you the most joy at Williams Sonoma?
My supervisor Erika in chat was The Best! I miss her so much! She made sure I stayed on point and provided a magnificent customer experience! Kudos to her!
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A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2023
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
Great work from home, good leadership and support,love my job!
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
Need more pay increase
Williams Sonoma benefits
Vision Insurance is a Wow!!
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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2023
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
Terrible upper management, no raises for years and no room for growth
Williams Sonoma benefits
None
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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2021
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
Great managers
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
When it came to your schedule they would switch it at any given time. It was never consistent
Williams Sonoma benefits
Incentives and consistent bonuses
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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2021
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
I liked helping customers with their questions
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
It was seasonal
Williams Sonoma benefits
The perks that were best was the pay
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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
Flexibility and working from home
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
Some inconsistencies at times
Williams Sonoma benefits
Working from home during COVID and while my children are virtual for school
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A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2020
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
Going home.
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
There lack of training for employees is laughable. And they do not pay you correctly,they will short your check every chance they get.
Williams Sonoma benefits
N/a
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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2020
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
As a designer, I love the creativity that this job allows me to exercise everyday. I love the fast-paced environment and working with clients.
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
I do not enjoy the retail hours and lack of vacation times.
Williams Sonoma benefits
Being able to visit the coolest homes
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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
Everyone I worked with could be helpful at times. Seeing the company’s success outside of work. The volunteer work every year.
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
Working in a specialty department meant we did majority of the work and got paid the same as new hired customer service reps.
Williams Sonoma benefits
Helping customers and receiving great feedback from them
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A zippia user wrote a review on May 2019
Pros of working at Williams Sonoma
The associates I managed
Cons of working at Williams Sonoma
Corporate Management. Not nice people at all.
Williams Sonoma benefits
Discount
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The team at Williams Sonoma
The founders of Williams Sonoma is Chuck Williams.
The key people at Williams Sonoma are Laura Jean Alber and Chuck Williams.
Key people
Laura Jean Alber
Chuck Williams
Williams Sonoma rankings
Williams Sonoma is ranked #20 on the Best Retail companies to work for in California list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.
We calculated Williams Sonoma’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Williams Sonoma’s workforce.
Williams Sonoma diversity summary. Zippia estimates Williams Sonoma's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Williams Sonoma's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Williams Sonoma's workforce.
Williams Sonoma has 28,200 employees.
60% of Williams Sonoma employees are women, while 40% are men.
The most common ethnicity at Williams Sonoma is White (60%).
16% of Williams Sonoma employees are Hispanic or Latino.
12% of Williams Sonoma employees are Black or African American.
The average employee at Williams Sonoma makes $33,091 per year.
Williams Sonoma employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
Employees at Williams Sonoma stay with the company for 3.1 years on average.
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Williams Sonoma office locations
Williams Sonoma is headquartered in San Francisco, CA
We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.
Williams Sonoma currently has 8.7B in revenue. Williams Sonoma's most recent quarter produced 1.9b (q2'2023).
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Highest paying Williams Sonoma competitors
Compare Williams Sonoma salaries to competitors, including Vudu, Levi Strauss & Co., and Fox Head. Employees at Vudu earn the highest average yearly salary of $67,887. The salaries at Levi Strauss & Co. average $41,481 per year, and the salaries at Fox Head come in at $41,084 per year.
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$41,481
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$37,920
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$37,357
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$37,239
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$34,773
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$34,645
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