Talbots reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,629 total reviews)
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Lizanne Kindler

61% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Talbots has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,629 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Talbots employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Mar 14, 2018

Accounting Analyst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

My team is what keeps me

Cons

Underpaid. No annual raises. Huge pay gaps. No bonuses (unless you already have a 6 figure salary). Zero incentive to stay or work hard.

3.0
Jan 25, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are great, Customers are great.

Cons

Expectations for a Client Specialist require a lot of behind the scenes work, but time allowed to do that work. It also takes away time from serving the customer, which should be at the forefront. Our store is new, and none of our managers ever worked for Talbots before. So the store manager doesn't know what she is doing. When I ask our Regional Manager a question, she says that is not part of her job, and she doesn't know. Never offers to help find an answer. We also have some regular shoplifters, and are given absolutely no power to refuse to do a return, even though we KNOW them and what they are doing. It is just fluff when they say that we are empowered to do what is best for the store, the customer, and the company. Also, unless you are full time, there is no benefits package.

2.0
Jan 7, 2018

Manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits, wonderful Regional Manager and VP

Cons

Underpaid for amount of work and responsibility and CVG 2 store. Management is sneaky. Empty promises made. Management cares little about team.

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