Estée Laundry accuses beauty industry of ‘rampant’ workplace bullying

By Becky Bargh | Published: 27-Sep-2019

In a recent social media shoutout, brands including Charlotte Tilbury, Coty, L’Oréal, Birchbox, Lush and Tarte Cosmetics were among those called out for 'verbal, sexual, racial or psychological bullying'

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Anonymous whistleblower Estée Laundry has sparked debate over workplace bullying in the beauty industry in its latest social media shoutout.

Via its Instagram channel, which has more than 90,000 followers, the outlet posted a message from an anonymous follower calling for people to share their experiences of bullying in the sector.

“As soon as we posted it, we started getting

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  • Companies:
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  • Estée Lauder Companies
  • COTY
  • Rodial
  • Lush Cosmetics
  • Caudalie
  • Birchbox
  • Charlotte Tilbury
  • Tarte Cosmetics
  • RMS Beauty
  • ColourPop Cosmetics
  • Briogeo
  • Estée Laundry
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