Awful - Anonymous employee Tillys Employee Review

1.0
Jun 18, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very easy work as very few customers ever came in.

Cons

Managers were constantly late on an almost daily basis for opening shifts leaving me stuck outside the store unable to clock in on time despite arriving early. They tried to avoid paying me for the time I spent waiting outside for them unless I went out of my way to ask them everyday to change my time stamp. Assistant manager was very hostile towards me and refused to speak to me most of the time leaving me unaware of what task I should be working on. I had to train a new ASM how to be my boss and they still got paid more than me. Most employees were teenagers, still in high school, who acted like they were too good to talk to me. Shockingly high turnover rate. Overall toxic working environment, especially for the extremely low pay.

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5.0
Jun 28, 2026
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Pros

Lovely work environment, great staff

Cons

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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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