Good job to gain experience - Sales Associate Tillys Employee Review

4.0
Dec 7, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Most stores have a very young environment which made things fun. 40% off 2 times a year (Maybe 3, I don't recall) to stay in trend for the next season. Good job to gain experience. Seasonal meetings helped with boosting personal selling skills. I think the best part was that at my store, customer service was EXTREMELY important so I learned a lot from that like learning to speak to customers, product knowledge, spotting fake checks, etc.

Cons

Takes forever to get a promotion, I worked for the company for almost 1 and a half years and never got a promotion but I think the managers knew I was ready for it. Customers can get under your skin sometimes too but it's retail.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Lovely work environment, great staff

Cons

Busy back to school season, although that's entirely to be expected. Never had a bad experience

3.0
Jun 24, 2026
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Pros

- Enjoyed working with teens/young adults and building them up into the workforce/ teaching them responsibilities -Policies were awesome, but not always backed by upper management - Always pushing you to be better

Cons

- Upper management did not have equal expectations of stores/ lacked clear communication -PAY, they will pay someone who is hired external far more then they ever will an internal. Doesn’t matter how long you’re there. I was trained from a seasonal, all the way up and made far less than newer peers. They do not see as much value in internals which is so unfortunate for them. Did my 8 years and have a lot of resentment over this.

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