Company itself ok, but make sure you have good management - Merchandiser Tillys Employee Review

1.0
May 23, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Amount of clothing selection, flexibility on hours. Some stores also sell kids clothing. My job itself was a lot of fun.

Cons

depending on the store, very poor management. The employees think they have leverage or pull over the managers. When an employee has a complaint, the managers dont care, nor do the district managers. Stay away from Northern CA area stores, go to San Francisco/East Bay area

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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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