Talbots reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(352 total reviews)
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Lizanne Kindler

61% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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3.0
Jun 16, 2013

Great people

Recommend
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Pros

Most of my co-workers are great, Seventy percent of the clients are nice and you know them by name. There is visual freedom to a degree. You follow a book, but can make substitutions appropriate to your business. I have an incredibly supportive DM you really seems to believe in me.

Cons

No internal movement in yrs. My DM declined a RM opportunity so there was no SM movement either. Top leadership has constant turnover. There have been four changes in the last two years. Each one had a diff idea of what we "needed" to focus on so we have conflicting messaging to our staff. SM hours are regularly +43 and with a small mgt team +46. While there is a bonus structure they are little bonuses if any. My tenured staff informed me there have only been 2 raises in the last 10 yrs. There is no recruiting support. If you are down a member of mgt you are expected to recruit with little to no help or support.

4.0
Jun 6, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

-Advancement opportunity, I got promoted after 6 months (when I was only 18 years old!) -Pay is higher than other retailers -Fun working environment, I had wonderful coworkers, managers and customers -Every time I asked for time off, I got the days off as long as it was at least 1-2 weeks in advance -There would always be little challenges between the stores with incentives, which were really fun. This is an amazing place to work at if you value strong relationships with people.

Cons

-The company is going downhill -Some customers are hard to deal with, but this is the retail industry, it is always going to happen -I did not get enough hours, due to very slow days -Not fast-pace all the time

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