Stay Away! - Part Time Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

3.0
28 Feb 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Friendly, smart crew members. Good employee discount. Most customers are nice, but some act very entitled, impatient and rude.

Cons

Corrupt, favoritist management. If you are a crony of management, you wil get good performance reviews twice a year. You get written up for minor infractions, raises are rare and puny. Watch your back, keep your mouth shut and you will avoid being fired. A 30 minute break is completely inadequate! This is a a back-breaking job and 1/2 hour break is not enough time for an employee to sit down, eat a meal and recharge their batteries for the rest of their shift. It's a disservice to the employee and the customers. Be prepared to do 6 hour cashier shifts. Basic equipment, particularly ladders, are old, worn out and dangerous.

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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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