Is Talbots a good company to work for as a Retail Associate?

Retail Associate professionals working at Talbots have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 69 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Talbots employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Retail Associate Jobs at Talbots now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Retail Associate interview questions at Talbots .

Does Talbots pay Retail Associate employees well?

Retail Associate professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Talbots with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 69 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 26.7% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Retail Associate salaries at Talbots.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Talbots?

Sales Associate (337) , Store Manager (88) , Retail Sales Associate (67) , Assistant Manager (65) , Client Specialist (45) , Sales Manager (32) , Operations Manager (27) , Manager (25) , General Manager (23) , Key Holder (23) , Sales Support Associate (18) , Assistant Sales Manager (15) , Associate (14) , Sales Associate/Key Holder (14) , District Manager (13)

What are the pros of working at Talbots according to real employee reviews?

"The people I work with are great!" ((in 88 reviews)); "Customers/Truly loved visual ops even though it was a tough job/Discount descent/Some of the coworkers were great some terrible" ((in 61 reviews)); "There are also great benefits for reaching sales goals." ((in 51 reviews)); "flexible hours and fairly easy" ((in 50 reviews)); "Good work / life balance" ((in 38 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Talbots according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and not enough incentives" ((in 100 reviews)); "Poor Management and a lot of turn over" ((in 75 reviews)); "Upper management is completely out of touch and incompetent." ((in 51 reviews)); "Managers don't follow the rules" ((in 44 reviews)); "no raises or bonuses in years" ((in 23 reviews))

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Talbots Retail Associate reviews

4.0

92% would recommend to a friend

(69 total reviews)

Lizanne Kindler

99% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.4

Culture & values

4.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

Senior management

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Career opportunities

Retail Associate employees have rated Talbots with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 69 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Retail Associate professionals have a good working experience there. Talbots is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Retail Associate professionals compared to other employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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69 reviews

4.0

Aug 10, 2023

Great Environment

Retail sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with

Cons

The lack of hours is the only downside

4.0

Jun 13, 2023

Retail

Retail sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people you work with are pretty great. You get to pick your own schedule.

Cons

Not much room for advancement. The pay is not good at all. You have to buy their clothes to promote the clothing, which ends up being very expensive with the low pay.

5.0

Apr 29, 2023

Worked there for less than a year

Retail sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The manager was very nice and the training was great

Cons

They brought in some other managers from other locations and one of them was very mean to me. She basically told me that I was too quiet, but she didn't know that at that time I was doing tasks my "real" manager told me to do. The true manager at the skokie location is really great though.

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