miss the good old days - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
Jun 15, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, fun people to work with, physical work

Cons

Used to be one of the best jobs in the country. They forced most people that knew what they were doing out of the company, lost their integrity, promote people to captain that are far from ready, just for the sake of gender equality which has already ruined 2 stores. Also, harder working part timers get the same raise as part timers that just meet the minimum. How is that fair?

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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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