Decent but boring - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

4.0
1 Nov 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The crew and customers are overall likable, fun people. It's nice to have a physical job and not sit behind a desk. Compensation is great at the full-time level. Employees have much more control over daily time than at the part-time level.

Cons

Management and store changes - once you're full-time, you work for the company and can be transferred to nearby stores. It's very difficult to let someone go - if am employee doesn't break any rules, but consistently turns in a poor performance, they can still be around for a looong time, especially if they don't mind not getting a lot of hours or a good raise. The company is very secretive, both to the media and others and within. This leads to lots of gossip and drama that could be avoided.

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5.0
30 June 2026
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Pros

fun place to work part time

Cons

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4.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
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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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