Not Worth It - Sales Associate Talbots Employee Review

3.0
Jul 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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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.

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5.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 9, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun, and upbeat work environment

Cons

Corporate is extremely tone deaf. Posting videos of redoing offices while also being known for never giving raises to staff. Outlet is drowning and doesn’t get the appreciation they truly deserve for being the hardest working in the whole company. Corporate also does a lot of gaslighting ex: saying this is what everyone wanted but couldn’t be farther from what everyone wanted.

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