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      Stagnant company with cliques - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

      2.0
      Feb 15, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Everyone has an agreement that this is a 8:30-5 job, once 5pm hits, pretty much everyone is gone. Latest anyone will stay is 6:30. During the summer there are summer Fridays (half days)

      Cons

      There are a lot of mixed messages at Talbots, upper management will announce how great everyone is doing, and how great the company is doing as a whole, and then end of fiscal quarters will say the Company actually wasn't doing that great and there will be no raises. People are let go without explanation. Everyone is very cliquey and will feel perfectly OK talking about employees to upper management, without addressing issues properly with peers. No creative support for certain teams, focus is mainly on marketing and hitting numbers.

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      5.0
      May 12, 2026
      Print & pattern design internship
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

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

      Cons

      I have no cons to mention

      1.0
      Jul 8, 2026
      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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