I Used To Love To Go To Work - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

2.0
Jul 29, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Talbots has always had pretty good benefits. The discount is decent although the prices of the clothes are increasing.

Cons

Work To Life they offer in corporate offices doesn't exist at the store level. They expect us to work everyday Open to Close. There is a lot of micro managing. There is no respect for a person having a balance between work and their personal life. I want to work at Talbots not live there. Motivation no longer exist. Morale is down, and work has become just that work not the place I used to love to go to. Talbots upper management has forgotten about the employees in the stores.

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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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