Living In Their Own World - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

1.0
May 14, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A Cafeteria - Early release Fridays ( you have to work extra hours during the week to qualify for early release).

Cons

Pay, management,employee turnover,pay,pay. They pay very low for the positions,never a cost of living increase, no merit based pay raises ( work with people who have awful attitudes and hardly work? they get the same increase as you). Bad management and constant turnover,workers being promoted to management positions just because of other people being let go or leaving.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Really nice working environment here

Cons

None, haven’t gotten the job yet

1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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