veteran employees are on the chopping block - Crew Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
Mar 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A job that does not require you to be a rocket scientist.

Cons

If you just start or are between the new to five year mark, great. no issues. If you have many years with the company, you are going to be forced out. You will have a hostile work environment due to management targeting you to leave or fire you for not smiling enough or smiling too much. There is so much nepotism and favoritism in the company that it is borderline discrimination.

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5.0
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Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work all around

Cons

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4.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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