Talbots reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(1,628 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 1,628 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
1.0
Sep 5, 2016

Management

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Pros

When new product is placed on floor Great Discount

Cons

With the company 19 years and truly saw a great decline! From leadership to quality of product! There are other great retailers that value their employees. Unfortunately Talbots does not!

5.0
May 24, 2016

Great Retail Brand

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Talbots has a great brand and a great product. They understand the importance of uniting a team to get the job done. The employee discount makes it easy for employees to represent a brand that most all of them love already. Also, they offer benefits like medical and 401k match to part time employees.

Cons

As with any retail, work can be difficult during big sales and events, and keeping customer service up can take a hit when the lines get long and there are only so many hands to do the work.

1.0
Apr 2, 2018

Unstable and weird dynamics

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Pretty campus and offices (if you are allowed to have one)

Cons

- Leadership is a revolving door. - Job security is a constant unknown. - They have been doing the same thing with the same models and outfits for the past few years. they just change the location. It's boring. - HR department is absurd. They only care about protecting the company and not the employees.

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