Great store co-workers HORRIBLE upper management BLEEDING TALENT - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Built great relationships with customers and store team. Good discount, nice working environment. Fast paced and keeps current. Quality merchandise and current styles Immediate management team was always accommodating and associates were mostly always helpful

Cons

UNPROFESSIONAL verbally assaulting DM's and and rm's - UNREALISTIC DEMANDS - EMOTIONALLY DRAINING - PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTING New crew of upper management is ARROGANT and OUT OF TOUCH. Tasks are NOT properly delegated throughout the team - way to much RESPONSIBILTY ON

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5.0
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Pros

- Team was so supportive and kind - Taught me lots of valuable industry experience

Cons

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1.0
Jul 8, 2026
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Pros

None. This company is garbage compared to how it used to be.

Cons

Slave wages, not enough hours for anyone except management because the private equity company that owns us has cut our staff to a skeleton crew even on busy days. Management and associate alike are stretched super thin to the point of exhaustion. Even as a sales associate, there was a time I supported myself on a Talbots salary. Now I have to choose between paying my car insurance or getting an oil change. I used to get 30+ hours a week even as a sales associate. Now I'm lucky if I get 20. Health benefits are a rip-off. The company in my observation has had a time finding and maintaining good workers. If you value your livelihood, run fast and run far.

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