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Tour Rent the Runway's stylish office, which has a photo studio, meditation room, and space for employees to try on designer clothes
"Everything is meant to feel light, airy, collaborative, and welcoming," Hyman said.
Entertainment1 min readA designated meditation room provides employees with a space to collect their thoughts.
There's also a proper fitting room that's available for the entire office to use. It's located just down the hall.
Inside Hyman's office is a small closet and mirror for wardrobe changes, as well as a piece of art that's made of fabric from retired Rent the Runway dresses. Hyman also has her favorite company memories framed, from their first reserved front-row seats at a fashion show to a photo of Beyoncé, commemorating when the singer called, wanting to be Rent the Runway's celebrity spokesperson. "It didn't end up coming to pass, but the fact that we got a phone call from Beyoncé was one of the highlights of building Rent the Runway," Hyman said.
Desks are in an open-floor seating arrangement, and employees switch desk locations about every six months. This allows everyone to meet new colleagues and produce fresh ideas, according to Hyman.
All-hands meetings are held in this communal space. The bleachers allow for the entire office to sit comfortably.
Everything from dresses to hand bags to jewelry are kept there.
Merchandise is prepped and shot in the in-house photo studio.
Every piece of merchandise that's on the site is photographed in-house. "We want to visually pin everything up and figure out how we should actually build our collections," Hyman said.
This small meeting room has two hanging seats to relax in.
"This is one of my favorite conference rooms. Since most of my day involves collaborating with team members, I'm always in meetings with many people and debating different ideas. This is the perfect setting because everyone's in a circle, you're all on equal footing, it doesn't feel like it's formal — you can relax," Hyman said.
Each conference room has a different look and feel. "Sometimes, you feel totally revved up and you want to throw your ideas up on the wall. Sometimes you just need a quiet space for you and your laptop to think. Every single room has its own purpose," Hyman said.
The company's core values, which were written in 2010, are still very much a part of their identity. "Our [office] culture [is] encapsulated into these values. We've prioritized hiring for culture above hiring for skills. We find that you can always teach people skills — especially smart, curious people who want to learn," Hyman said.
"These are amongst the millions of photos we've received over the past eight years from women all over the country. That's what has inspired us to keep growing and keep building this company — it's these women, and how renting the runway makes them feel," she said.
On the left wall is what Hyman calls her favorite thing in the office: photos of customers, employees both past and present, and other female entrepreneurs that have used Rent the Runway's services.
In the front lobby are two large closets that have rotating wardrobes hanging inside them. "These closets are in the shape of our logo," Hyman said. "We continuously rotate to feature things that are new. New brands, new arrivals — they're continuously changing to evidence this statement: 'I have everything to wear.'"
The offices house around 250 employees, though Rent the Runway employs about 1,200 people in total, including in their stores and warehouses.
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