When I started it was a real team. New store manager and district manager brought in their previous co-workers, downhill - Sales Associate Talbots Employee Review

3.0
Oct 10, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Nice co workers in our store

Cons

Very high turnover, unrealistic demands, want new results, i.e. Promote credit cards when they refuse to do any new marketing. In a saturated field you need new customers for different results but company won't try new advertising locally. District manager clueless and no information is shared with associates. Absolutely NO incentive to try harder because no style dollars or for that matter any incentive to strive for is given. District manager has hired people who have NO clue what the talbots customer likes, wants, etc. we have gone thru managers like tissues in a box. You are scheduled to work a shift and often get sent home much earlier which is not fair if you have counted on that income. I can see an occasional early ending but week after week???? I love the clothes and the customers. My coworkers are fun and that is what keeps me there. I hope they STOP all these changes, settle in and then see what does and doesn't work before changing things willy nilly.

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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
Recommend
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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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