Assistant Store Manager - Assistant Sales Manager Talbots Employee Review

2.0
Sep 7, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Our store is very successful and our store manager is consistently encouraging us to do better with what we have to work with which is no PAYROLL If it wasn't for her I would leave

Cons

They just came out with OUR MANTRA....what a joke, all about customer service, when you have two - three employees on the sales floor and many other tasks customer service is NOT good. Our President should see there is no family work balance at all. I bring work home so I can complete all my tasks concerning events, trunk shows, emailing customer etc. WE NEED PAYROLL

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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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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