good & bad - Sales Associate Tillys Employee Review

3.0
Jul 15, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

i would have to say i have met some pretty good friends well working here. Fun when its slow, we joke on the walkies. Every time i need a day off they always give it to me and are willing to change your schedule( only if you are friends with manager though). Also we work really hard at what we do so i feel proud when we make daily goals, and knowing other competing stores hate us for our visuals and how much income we get every day.

Cons

This store is all about kissing up and secrets and thats not how a business should be ran. Everytime we have a visit from our DM our managers stress every one out and yell. Gets old real quick, they dont pay me enough to feel that way. Discount sucks too. Getting promoted is like impossible here. we have had so many people quit...instead of promoting someone from the inside who has been there for so long, they always end up hiring friends from outside.

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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
Recommend
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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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