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
3.0
Jul 11, 2019

Not Worth It

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing coworkers, the atmosphere is amazing there because of associates you work with - Gives you an experience of working with clients one-on-one and build your clientele - Amazing discounts for associates

Cons

- Not enough hours at all. Promised to give me around 25 hours a week, after 3 weeks of working started to give like 8-13 hours a week - If the store doesn't meet the sales target, they cut your hours even to having one 4 hours shift - In normal companies when someone goes on vacation their hours are being put into other people, in Talbots they don't do it, those hours are just wasted - They pay minimum wage and they don't give a raise no matter how long you work there. - Get's very repetitive because associates don't have too many responsibilities so the job gets boring over time.

3.0
May 15, 2018

Sales Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly associates, women community, beautiful store setting

Cons

Overworked and high expectations for average pay

3.0
May 14, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Sales associates are fun and great to work with, customers, though sometimes unhappy with the product are usually pleasant to deal with and the product is appealing.

Cons

Management is not promoted from within from the store level to the corporate level. Constant change in coroporate management so you don't know what is coming next. Company has been struggling financially for years and continues to lay off employees.

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