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Talbots

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Talbots reviews

3.3

45% would recommend to a friend

(1,629 total reviews)
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Lizanne Kindler

57% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.0

Work/Life balance

3.0

Senior management

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Compensation and benefits

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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Reviews by job title

2K reviews
3.0
Aug 18, 2013

Fun Place to work for a short amount of time

Temp
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Kind people who really care about all of their fellow coworkers. Nice clothes and lots of good sales

Cons

Pay and perks could be much better. Other than that the job was pretty good, I have to say. Sometimes hectic.

1.0
Aug 18, 2013

Not sure what the company cares about anymore

Asstmanager/keyholder/associate
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are few pros left at Talbots. Management has taken away the important benefits (quality health insurance, pension, etc.) Discount used to be a pro--but now with all the promotions employees can wait til there is a promotion equal to their discount. Coworkers are the best pro--you end up being friends with most of the women you work with. This includes management.

Cons

Little consistency in what the "mission" is. A phone call can totally change what the day's plan is. Cutting hours--with little or short notice and this usually ends up with shoplifting incidents because they can see the store is understaffed. Corporate doesn't have a clue as to how the stores operate.

2.0
Aug 16, 2013

Could be better

Manager
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Staff was great to work with as well as store manager. Learned tons of stuff and loved my job in the beginning. Bonuses every month when making store goals. Pay was also good

Cons

After a year of being there they decided to only give bonuses when you made your month as well as stayed within your sph which was ridiculous with the amount of work expected. Would receive shipment 3 days before a floorset was due plus they wanted markdowns done with limited payroll. After 2 yrs of being employed received no raise. They expect you to be bc but not sale during those times but also make your sales goal for the week.

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