Assistant Operations Manager - Starving Manager Talbots Employee Review

2.0
Sep 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It was a great job and career when the company began to empower its employees to do what was right for the customer.

Cons

We are expected to strong arm our customers into opening a credit card. Every year they reinvent the wheel, they come up with new process' that cost millions to put in place only to discard and begin again. They start with a great program and then continually take away any support they promised. They refuse to advertise and expect us to bring new customers in the door, however they don not give us the tools to do so. We don't get paid to work out of the store, in the past they have expected us to ask for donations to support our events because they do not give us a budget. I could go on.

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5.0
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Pros

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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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