Going downhill fast - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
Oct 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is decent/good. Benefits are good, if you can work the 30hrs now required to keep them. Schedule is flexible. Good atmosphere most of the time. Friendly customers most of the time.

Cons

It used to be a company full of promise that cared about their employees. Management has become a machine that just spouts "management jargon", and don't think for themselves when making important decisions. The corporate structure and policies have turned this company into "just another store". If you want to move up in the company, don't have any original ideas or opinions...just say "Yes, I agree". If you are working part time because you have a second job, are a mother, or are retired...you no longer have insurance. Congrats Dan Bane! You have taken away the core values of this company!

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Cons

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Pros

-Great way to meet people, socialize, and learn customer service -Always tasked with different things every hour -Friendly crew who will always help you to learn and get better at your job -Get a slight pay raise every 6 months -No outside commitments and amazing benefits if you work full time (about 28 hours a week for every 6 months) -Will take time, but find your friend group, stay with them and have fun, you can't please everybody -Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains

Cons

-Not many, unless you are stuck in a bad store with bad management -I had some good luck of working in 3 great stores, so YMMV -Sometimes can get cliquey like you are back in high school -Getting promoted up to store management may involve buttering up and being a "yes-person" -Care for your body, do not overdo it with physical labor, its a retail job and you only have one fragile body for yourself, get help or insist about your pains

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