Talbots reviews about "training"

Poor/almost no leadership from store manager and DM. Leadership would not address serious issues, but allowed pettiness to take place. Favoritism abounded. No recognition for those who were top performers and extremely hard workers. No training, only flippant/random "coaching". Lengthy wasteful time spent on "conference calls" several times a week. When asked about training, was told "you just learn as you go". Extremely high turnover. Don't expect full-time unless you get assistant manager, then you will carry that load plus store manager's job! Be prepared to do a lot of "filling in", so no life except that of Talbots! And forget about being considered for career advancement unless you kiss up!

The hours are not reliable, management hires people on constantly and that results in pay checks that you can't live on. Quality of product is definitely getting worse while product price is increasing! They don't hire from within and don't give raises to sales associates.

Initial training was not as thorough as I expected. This has changed immensely over the past 2 years.

Took away too many benefits

So many changes in company leadershilp, direction, and policy have created confusion and uncertainty. The company's top-down organization style limits local input and ignores customer feedback.

Management will hold personal vendettas against staff if you don't agree with their methods, people are given promotions based on personal relationships and likes rather than through qualifications

Short hours during summer some supervisors look down on you too much as if your doing everything wrong. Few employees do not share equal work around store.

Not enough training for advancement