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      Talbots

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      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

      Ratings by demographic groups

      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).

      Reviews by job title

      2K reviews
      4.0
      Sep 5, 2012

      Great place with good people

      Management
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Team selling, lots of support, clear communication of goals and expectations. Really great customers!

      Cons

      Hours are strictly managed, even when goals are high and volume demands longer hours they are not allowed.

      1.0
      Aug 31, 2012

      Good in the begin, but bad at the end

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      above average salary and coworker are okay discounts were great

      Cons

      no hours, terrible management. Got to play "the kiss butt" game to get hours. No loyalty from upper management. No room to grow especially you are a minority. Just a "white only" club. Customers are rude. Want you to buy the clothes; clothes quality was not up to par.

      3.0
      Aug 13, 2012

      Sales Associate

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get a really good discount (60% on brand new merchandise, 50-40% on everything else depending on your form of payment). Most of the employees at my store were older ladies who took this as a "fun job", and they were really nice. Management was very fair in terms of scheduling and were very stringent about making sure we got appropriate breaks during our shifts.

      Cons

      Our management was very concerned about making sales goals to the point of where we all but scared off customers- we were required to be really pushy with new merchandise, trying on extra items and opening charge cards (I HATE credit cards as they created a rather difficult financial situation for my family, and most Talbots shoppers are affluent/financially savvy enough to not open them anyways). My managers lived in fear of our regional manager, which really turned me off to the company. The organizational structure was such a mess, and communication between levels was poor. I was told that there would be room for professional advancement, but that was not evident at all when I began working.

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