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
2.0
Oct 22, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Village locations have better hours, including holiday hours, than mall. Don't usually get angry or hard to deal with cusomters. Good discount, however the clothes are still very expensive.

Cons

No merrit raises for any one in company in over 6 years. Little to no opportunity for growth and promotions- constant outside hires. Expects a lot for little compensation. Absolutely no work life balance possible, even in village stores. Quality of product is nothing like it used to be, however, still has very high price points. Upper management and corporate constantly changing. Would not reccomend.

2.0
Jul 13, 2014

Not a good experience!

Recommend
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Pros

The other sales associates who were having the same issues as myself.

Cons

Dealing with the pressure to make your daily sales quota. Given only a three month probation time to show yourself I was not given a chance to run the register but only to sell, sell, sell! The manager was not hands on upfront and assistant manager seemed to busy help train. Did not seem to be on the same page.

1.0
May 24, 2014

"Don't do it!!"

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Customers are ok to deal with.

Cons

No work life balance. Awful DSM. No work during slow months. Very low pay.

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