Client Specialist - Client Specialist Talbots Employee Review

3.0
Jan 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Co-workers are great, Customers are great.

Cons

Expectations for a Client Specialist require a lot of behind the scenes work, but time allowed to do that work. It also takes away time from serving the customer, which should be at the forefront. Our store is new, and none of our managers ever worked for Talbots before. So the store manager doesn't know what she is doing. When I ask our Regional Manager a question, she says that is not part of her job, and she doesn't know. Never offers to help find an answer. We also have some regular shoplifters, and are given absolutely no power to refuse to do a return, even though we KNOW them and what they are doing. It is just fluff when they say that we are empowered to do what is best for the store, the customer, and the company. Also, unless you are full time, there is no benefits package.

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Cons

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1.0
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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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