Assistant Manager - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

4.0
Dec 1, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Workload isn't that bad. Usually have enough hours to schedule a stock person or enough sales people on the floor to process shipment and take care of customers. Manager is salaried but mine has never worked a minute over 40. OT is frowned upon so as an Asst you still have a life outside of work.

Cons

You better negotiate pay before you start because from what I've been told raises haven't been given in years and in a year and a half I haven't received one. And seeing Managers sit in the office while the rest of the staff does all of the work despite the DM being told is not fair.

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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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