No accountability - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
Feb 17, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Casual work atmosphere and you can dress comfortably everyday...some nice people

Cons

Upper management does less and less and the part timers do more and more... The captain is out of the store more than he is in and the full timers get away with murder....good people are taken for granted and bad people are kept even if they are terrible...but if they're a favorite then they can do no wrong.

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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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