Physically demanding job with waning benefits - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

3.0
11 Dec 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

great coworkers free food tastings good starting rates flexible scheduling

Cons

physically demanding to the point of serious repetitive motion injuries with no compensation loss of many benefits within just a few months high turnover BS firings of tenured crew members to save money biased and favoring managers who can make your day to day hell management has no life outside of work

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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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