Is Talbots a good company to work for?

Talbots has an overall rating of 3.3 out of 5, based on over 1,686 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months. 47% of employees would recommend working at Talbots to a friend and 48% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Talbots have been left by employees working as District Manager , General Manager and Assistant Store Manager .

Does Talbots pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Talbots employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Talbots. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Talbots?

47% of Talbots employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Talbots 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 2.8 for career opportunities.

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 90 reviews)); "Customers/Truly loved visual ops even though it was a tough job/Discount descent/Some of the coworkers were great some terrible" ((in 59 reviews)); "flexible hours and fairly easy" ((in 49 reviews)); "There are also great benefits for reaching sales goals." ((in 46 reviews)); "I cannot think of anything nice to say other than I had a great manager." ((in 44 reviews))

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

"Low pay and not enough incentives" ((in 102 reviews)); "Talbots struggled under bad management." ((in 72 reviews)); "Upper management is completely out of touch and incompetent." ((in 51 reviews)); "No training whatsover and failure to promote from within." ((in 27 reviews)); "no raises or bonuses in years" ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about Talbots layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Talbots layoffs and their outlook for job security at Talbots in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Talbots locations?

Hingham , New York , Knoxville , Houston , Boston , Atlanta , Tampa , Lakeville , Raleigh , Philadelphia , Nashville , Skokie , Minneapolis , Bakersfield , North Wales , Greenville , Marlton , Chicago , Richmond , Austin , Dallas , Columbus , Pittsburgh , Indianapolis , Cincinnati , Los Gatos , Morristown , Birmingham , Bloomington , Scottsdale

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3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,629 total reviews)

Lizanne Kindler

61% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Culture & values

3.1

Work/Life balance

3.1

Senior management

2.8

Career opportunities

2.7

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

1.0

Jul 16, 2013

Extremely disappointing non rewarding low ethics.

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary in position is compensable, targets are set too high to make up for company losses due to bankruptcy none , none, none bonus structure is low rated set for failing.

Cons

Expectations and non support, left to fail and when you do no offer to,help or response if asking. Whereas in most companies change is good change is constant and decisions are inconsistent. Changes in CEO has taken place several times in past 2 years. When a store fails they make sure they have someone to blame rather than fix it or help in fixing it they only demand it be fixed. Mike Archbold is no longer in command.

3.0

Jul 15, 2013

Great people to work with on the store and middle management levels

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wonderful people to work with, wonderful customers who you could call "friends". A great sense of loyalty for the Brand.

Cons

Never sure what direction the company was going. Very unsettling. No compensation ( not even cost of living) in several years for store level or middle-management.

3.0

Jul 10, 2013

Lack of dedicated company direction does not allow focus on customer to consistently happen

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The ladies are great to work with

Cons

Company is lost. Customers and employees both feel this and it is hard to combat on a daily basis. Lack or annual raises in quite a few years. High cost Medical/Dental...double what other retailers currently offer. Lack of opportunity to grow

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Extremely disappointing non rewarding low ethics.

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Lack of dedicated company direction does not allow focus on customer to consistently happen

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