Stay Away - Sales Support Associate Talbots Employee Review

2.0
Sep 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are nice, discount is ok

Cons

Pay Hours Pressure to sell store CC I have no idea what is going on with this company, but hours are being cut left and right. I've been here for a little under a year, I used to have around 20-22 hours now I am cut down to 10 hours a week if I'm lucky. Apparently it keeps coming down from the "higher ups" that we have to keep cutting. They started a Clienteling Program, but if you opt out you are considered "support" and get less hours. I was prepared for that, but when they started slashing even more because of overspending on payroll I was shocked. We are losing associates left and right because they cannot get by on the hours, even if they have a 2nd part-time job. I don't know how they expect to run a store on only managers and a few client specialists. They are losing good people, but alas, it's about the money and always will be.

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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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