{"id":4077,"date":"2018-11-06T20:15:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/sir-philip-green-ex-employee-faced-barrage-of-abuse\/"},"modified":"2018-11-06T20:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T20:15:54","slug":"sir-philip-green-ex-employee-faced-barrage-of-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/sir-philip-green-ex-employee-faced-barrage-of-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Philip Green: Ex-employee faced &#8216;barrage of abuse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media-placeholder player-with-placeholder__image lead-video-placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p06qyprd.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Media playback is unsupported on your device<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-with-caption__caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span>An ex-employee claims Sir Philip was &#8220;aggressive, fighting, bullish, bullying&#8221; towards her<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">A woman has accused Sir Philip Green of harassment by subjecting her to a barrage of verbal abuse during her time working for his Arcadia Group.<\/p>\n<p>And she told the BBC if she responded her replies were &#8220;considered worthless&#8221; and she felt there was nowhere to go because Sir Philip owned the firm.<\/p>\n<p>Other ex-employees called him a bully, saying he threw stuff at staff if he thought they were underperforming.<\/p>\n<p>Arcadia said it thoroughly investigates any accusations and grievances raised.<\/p>\n<p>In her interview with the BBC, the former senior staff member at Arcadia, who did not want to be named, said: &#8220;It was the f-word all the time, just tripping out of him, rolling off his tongue. I found it really aggressive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He verbally harassed people and it was a constant verbal barrage &#8211; it was an attack,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But when it becomes constant and you&#8217;re not given the right to reply, and when you do reply, your reply is considered worthless, there&#8217;s nowhere for you to go. And he owns the company that you&#8217;re working for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-36139828\" class=\"story-body__link\">Sir Philip Green: From &#8216;king of the High Street&#8217; to &#8216;unacceptable face of capitalism&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-46006840\" class=\"story-body__link\">Sir Philip Green: &#8216;There was only banter&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last month, Sir Philip was named as the man behind a court injunction which prevented the Daily Telegraph from publishing allegations of sexual and racial harassment set out in complaints by other employees.<\/p>\n<p>He subsequently said that he wholly and categorically denied allegations that he has been guilty of unlawful sexual or racist behaviour. <\/p>\n<p>He later told the Mail on Sunday there had only &#8220;been some banter&#8221; which had &#8220;never been offensive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But the former employee, to whom the BBC spoke, said that, in her experience, it was &#8220;absolutely not banter&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This was aggressive, it was threatening, it was constant and it just brought you down constantly,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Other former employees, who also did not want to be identified, told the BBC that while Sir Philip could be friendly and generous, he was also a bully.<\/p>\n<p>Several said he was known to throw things at staff if sales were not doing as well as expected. <\/p>\n<p>One woman said she had to complain to him about his behaviour after she saw him throw footwear at another member of staff. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He picked up a pair of boots, shouting and swearing at her and threw them at her. Luckily she ducked,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is in front of the whole team. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said &#8216;what do you mean I can&#8217;t do that.'&#8221; Swearing, he said he was paying her wages so &#8216;I can treat her how I want.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also said Sir Philip used a Yiddish word often seen as a racial slur when describing a black man. <\/p>\n<p>The former employee said another colleague had been discovered trying to hide from him in a cupboard to avoid having to meet him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody was on edge when they found out they&#8217;d have to be meeting him,&#8221; said another former employee. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;d feel comfortable insulting people in large groups as well. 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