Adequate experience full of smoke and mirrors. - Store Manager In Training Tillys Employee Review

3.0
Jul 2, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

1.) Building a bond with your store team 2.) Select DM’s are fantastic and hands on. 3.) Support from the regional manager 4.) Decent/good benefits

Cons

1.) Low pay for management, must scratch claw and push for every penny from point of hire to promotion 2.) Complete favoritism displayed by higher management, depriving deserving people of the promotion they desperately need. 3.) Will only decide to promote you once you quit... yes, really. 4.) Corporate is literally the biggest waste of space. They don’t support the store teams, and will make you look stupid in front of customers. They have no sense of how to drive traffic (web only Black Friday special? One we aren’t allowed to honor in store? Really?) 5.) They literally do not care about employees. You are solely a number to them.

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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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