🗞️ EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! “The Price of Porcelain: What Portmeirion Doesn’t Want You to Know”
You’ve seen their delicate dishes, their fine bone china, their pristine ceramic wares—passed around dinner tables and tucked into china cabinets across America. Portmeirion: a name that whispers class, tradition, and international elegance.
But behind the glimmering glaze of their imported collections lies a mess they can’t sweep under the rug.
What if I told you the same company trusted with household heirlooms couldn’t even manage their own house? I’m talking about six-figure discrepancies, misrouted payments, holiday bonuses for WRONG vendors, and an entire Accounts Payable department spiraling under mismanagement. Not decades ago. Not during the pandemic. I’m talking about this year.
At the center of the chaos? An AP manager with no prior experience who, upon gaining access to the company bank account, casually declared, “Oh we have a lot of money.” That same manager shuffled invoices like playing cards, hiding reports, deleting emails from suppliers and vendors looking for payment, gaslighting business customer into thinking a check was mailed out, when in actuality she forgot to pay them, and passed the buck so many times it should’ve come with a return policy.
Meanwhile, the few employees who did raise red flags? Ignored. Silenced. Walked out.
I was one of them.
I wasn’t hired to play favorites. I wasn’t hired to be liked. I was hired to protect the company’s money—and the moment I started doing that, they tried to sweep me out with the trash.
From HR managers turning a blind eye, to external staffing partners backing the wrong horse, to controllers asking for supplier statements in the middle of Chinese New Year, the dysfunction was a symphony—and everyone played their part.
But I took notes. I saved the receipts. And now, the porcelain is cracking.
This isn’t just about one employee or one settlement. This is about leadership failure, accounting malpractice, and a culture that rewards loyalty over ethics. It’s about the people who stay quiet and the ones who risk everything to speak up.
Portmeirion wants you to believe it’s business as usual. But now the public gets to see what really goes on behind the curtain—and it’s not a pretty plate.
Stay tuned. There’s more to come.