Talbots is Failing - Sales Associate Talbots Employee Review

1.0
Feb 14, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Thought employee discount was impressive until I purchased clothes, of inferior quality, sizing wrong, and poor styles. Not the Talbots of yesterday.

Cons

Poor pay; hours reduced; less staff to handle peak hours; managers treat sales associates as second-class employees; Stores are filthy; have not been professionally cleaned since covid; air quality poor and mold in bathroom; rugs have not been cleaned in several years.

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5.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

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

Cons

I have no cons to mention

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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