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      Too Stressful - Sales Associate Talbots Employee Review

      2.0
      Nov 6, 2018
      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      60% employee discount if you care about shopping there. The clothes are so expensive though it doesn't make much of a difference.

      Cons

      - The customers are rude, spoiled, babies! They're SUPER demanding and the expectation is that you bend over backward to coddle them and meet their ridiculous requests. -Breaks are a figment of your imagination. Managers never mention them and you're expected to just carry on. -There's only a $1 pay bump between a sales associate and client specialist but the job comes with way more responsibilities. - Their expectations take customer service to a butt kissing level. The customers are babies so much while the employees waste away with no relief.

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      5.0
      May 12, 2026
      Print & pattern design internship
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Team was so supportive and kind - Taught me lots of valuable industry experience

      Cons

      I have no cons to mention

      1.0
      Jul 8, 2026
      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      None. This company is garbage compared to how it used to be.

      Cons

      Slave wages, not enough hours for anyone except management because the private equity company that owns us has cut our staff to a skeleton crew even on busy days. Management and associate alike are stretched super thin to the point of exhaustion. Even as a sales associate, there was a time I supported myself on a Talbots salary. Now I have to choose between paying my car insurance or getting an oil change. I used to get 30+ hours a week even as a sales associate. Now I'm lucky if I get 20. Health benefits are a rip-off. The company in my observation has had a time finding and maintaining good workers. If you value your livelihood, run fast and run far.

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