Great sales associates, great customers but constant change of product is driving core customer away. - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

3.0
May 14, 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Sales associates are fun and great to work with, customers, though sometimes unhappy with the product are usually pleasant to deal with and the product is appealing.

Cons

Management is not promoted from within from the store level to the corporate level. Constant change in coroporate management so you don't know what is coming next. Company has been struggling financially for years and continues to lay off employees.

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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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