Stressful - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

2.0
Sep 8, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great work environment if all your doing is selling. Customers are fun to work with and associates are a pleasure to be with.

Cons

No consistent message from executive teams. You have to talk to your peers in other regions to find out what you need to do. They created new positions with the company which don't make sense and have little to no value to the store. Would be nice to have the truth upfront and it would be nice to have to tools to do what is expected of us.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

Really nice working environment here

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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