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

Talbots reviews

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

4.0

Jul 10, 2013

Nice job, flexible hours

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Everyone is incredibly nice - Whenever I needed time off, I just had to put it into the system two weeks prior so I would be able to get the time off - All the clients are very nice (with the occasional bad apples) but that's retail

Cons

- Don't get enough hours, especially when it's slow.

4.0

Jul 4, 2013

There could be more opportunities for temporary employees to advance

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning how to do the job correctly is not hard. The discount for employees is wonderful.

Cons

As a temporary employee, even when I come back to my same position after being at school, there is no opportunity to get a raise. Although the salary is higher than minimum wage, it would be nice to be rewarded for hard work.

3.0

Jun 16, 2013

Great people

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of my co-workers are great, Seventy percent of the clients are nice and you know them by name. There is visual freedom to a degree. You follow a book, but can make substitutions appropriate to your business. I have an incredibly supportive DM you really seems to believe in me.

Cons

No internal movement in yrs. My DM declined a RM opportunity so there was no SM movement either. Top leadership has constant turnover. There have been four changes in the last two years. Each one had a diff idea of what we "needed" to focus on so we have conflicting messaging to our staff. SM hours are regularly +43 and with a small mgt team +46. While there is a bonus structure they are little bonuses if any. My tenured staff informed me there have only been 2 raises in the last 10 yrs. There is no recruiting support. If you are down a member of mgt you are expected to recruit with little to no help or support.

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