Woman says store’s former owner told her he was her ‘boyfriend’ and kissed her on the forehead
A former Harrods worker has criticised Harrods for the way it handled the alleged misconduct of the store’s former owner
The woman, who said she worked at Harrods in a junior role, said she was called up to Fayed’s office. “We went into a little room at the back, just him and me, and he said to me: ‘Come work in my office – one year here and you could be a buyer.’” He then informed her that he was her boyfriend, kissed her on the forehead and handed her £300 in cash. He told her to think about the job offer and come back the following week. She later returned the cash to his office in an envelope, along with a polite letter declining the job.
When she resigned shortly afterwards to pursue a different role, she said she was called to Fayed’s office to explain why she was leaving, which she found “a pretty extreme reaction, given how junior and replaceable she was”.
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