Heidi

I started work at Harrods in November 1993. Originally I was hired to work in the Father Christmas area, but was promoted to work upstairs shortly after. I thought that I was going to be working as an executive assistant and eventually helping with Allied Stars production company. The actual job that I had was superfluous. There were so many women up in the offices that there was no need for one more. The atmosphere in the offices was stressful and fearful. I was too young to understand that that was not a normal office environment. The abuse started just weeks after I was in the executive offices.

The experience that I went through all those years ago made me want to not think about or talk about what happened. The group of women who I have met who also went through this horrible, stressful and terrifying experience have helped me understand that this was not just me. It helped me to see that this was a large systemic ring of abuse. Although one person perpetrated the actual abuse, there were several others who enabled it to go on for so many years. Now we stand united in letting the world know that this is not OK. We deserved better.