The place your dreams go to die. - Store Manager Tillys Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Designated days off which is nice.

Cons

Constant micromanagement through the usage of check lists. Tilly's likes to managed people by creating a culture of fear in order to create meek employees who only know how to do checklists. This is where innovation goes to die and your dreams of creatively are squashed. I would strongly discourage people to work for Tilly's if they value self respect. If you think your job in retail right now is bad, it is literally 100% worse at Tilly's.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
Recommend
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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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