Low pay - Technical Designer Tillys Employee Review

2.0
Jun 27, 2021
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Pros

The best thing about tillys was the people you got to work with. Fun and laid back environment. People don’t often work long hours and there is a good work life balance.

Cons

Significant low pay for starting and those who promote within. Only those who hire in at executive level get high pay. CEO and board don’t value the employees and see them at replaceable. Raises and promotions can be easy to come by if you are on certain teams. However, there is a 3% max increase for annual raise, and 10-15% max for a promotional raise. Some employees don’t even get the 3% annual raise, which isn’t fair since that’s the percentage for cost of living increase. No plan for individual growth and can feel stagnant as the years go by.

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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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