All push and no compliments. - Anonymous employee Talbots Employee Review

1.0
Feb 9, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Wonderful clothes with a good employee discount. Nice customers. Very nice store layout and merchandizing. Helpful for the customer to be able to order from the catalogue in the store and get free shipping.

Cons

Nice co-workers but you seldom get to work with a second person in your area. Almost non-existent computer training. Really a problem. Some of management were real witches. The part-time insurance offered was a joke; it was close to no insurance. Discouraged from taking a break.

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5.0
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Pros

- Team was so supportive and kind - Taught me lots of valuable industry experience

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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