A new BBC investigation reveals horrifying accounts of sexual harassment and rape against women working at Harrods under the reign of its late owner, Mohamed Al-Fayed. Former employees allege a culture of fear and abuse, with several claiming Fayed raped them and the company covered it up.
Though Fayed cannot be brought to justice, there is power in those who suffered being able to express themselves and condemn him publicly, my response wasn’t exactly charitable. Good riddance, I thought, to my one-time employer who had presided over a workplace rife with misogyny and abuse. I was 18 and had just finished my A-levels when I worked at the store in the 1990s.
Hearing Gemma’s account left me saddened but not surprised. Fayed’s predatory behaviour was an open secret at Harrods; the word among female employees was that we should do everything in our power to avoid being noticed by him. This was hard since he regularly went on walkabouts around the shop floor accompanied by a male entourage, marking out female staff with whom he wanted a private audience.
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