Great within my store, but corporate leadership is miserable. - Selling Supervisor Talbots Employee Review

2.0
Mar 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best associates, hardworking, extended family Discounts on clothing 401k offering to PT employees Decent pay

Cons

Store managers have no empowerment to make decisions and aren't consulted on any changes. Tremendous stress on all associates to preform with no one past their SM to pat them on the back. SM under much stress with little/no training and no leadership or mentoring from DM or RM. Upper management (DM) 'calling out' (embarrassing, bullying) employees in front of other employees. Store employees are numbers and not real people with families and feelings. Too easily dismissed.

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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
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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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