Is Talbots a good company to work for as a Sales Support Associate?

Sales Support Associate professionals working at Talbots have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 23 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Talbots employees being 3.3 out of 5 stars. Search open Sales Support Associate Jobs at Talbots now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sales Support Associate interview questions at Talbots .

Does Talbots pay Sales Support Associate employees well?

Sales Support Associate professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Talbots with 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 23 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 10.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sales Support Associate salaries at Talbots.

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 89 reviews)); "Customers/Truly loved visual ops even though it was a tough job/Discount descent/Some of the coworkers were great some terrible" ((in 57 reviews)); "Benefits were good Nice clothing" ((in 49 reviews)); "flexible hours and fairly easy" ((in 48 reviews)); "Good work / life balance" ((in 35 reviews))

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

"Low pay and not enough incentives" ((in 97 reviews)); "Poor Management and a lot of turn over" ((in 74 reviews)); "Upper management is completely out of touch and incompetent." ((in 51 reviews)); "Managers don't follow the rules" ((in 47 reviews)); "No training whatsover and failure to promote from within." ((in 29 reviews))

Talbots Sales Support Associate reviews

4.0

99% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)

Lizanne Kindler

40% approve of CEO

1% positive business outlook

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Sales Associate/Support employees have rated Talbots with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sales Associate/Support professionals have a good working experience there. Talbots is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sales Associate/Support professionals compared to other employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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23 reviews

1.0

Mar 17, 2014

Great coworkers, awful company

Sales support associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Depending on what store you work at, you can meet some awesome people

Cons

Bad company values, they don't care about their employees. Corporate people are very rude and look down upon you. They expect too much and give very little

4.0

Jan 21, 2014

Overall, the management teams are competent, the environment is upbeat and positive, and the product is highly reputable

Sales associate; sales support associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Positive atmosphere. Loyal client base. High-quality products. Helpful customer service representatives. Flexible work schedule. Caring coworkers and managers. Low turn-over rate; loyal employees.

Cons

Frequent miscommunication on all levels- within management, from higher management, and from management to associates. Very little performance incentive and reward. Very difficult to be promoted within the company.

4.0

Sep 8, 2013

Talbots was a pleasant place to work.

Sales support associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I had several friends who worked there

Cons

I wish I were paid more.

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