Beaten down employee - Sales Associate Talbots Employee Review

1.0
Feb 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The employees were very nice and kind. A very family atmosphere among the lower employees.

Cons

The managers where discriminatory towards people under 30. I was given no training and had to learn from getting yelled at. Was made to work in almost complete silence in the backroom for hours and given a huge amount of work to do that was constantly added to. Had one of the managers pull me to the side and tell me to my face that I wasn't doing enough work and that I didn't care. She told me that I was too invested in college and only cared about the money. My hours were cut down to the point I was only working 5 days per month. Would guilt me into doing something I had never done before in front of the customers and expect me to get it right. I was told that I couldn't talk at work, that if I had time to talk, I could be moving my hands. Basically, that I should work by myself in complete silence for 8 hours. The managers, especially this specific one, would come back and pressure me into working faster and getting this huge amount of work done. All of the managers said only two phrases to me " How's it going?" and " How many boxes left?" Only one other person who worked on stock which is insanely too much work for two people.

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
Jul 8, 2026
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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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