Hard work, excellent benefits, and great people, especially in the Minnesota region. - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

5.0
Jun 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Upbeat environment. Amazing benefits for part-time employees, including excellent health insurance (company pays most of the premium) for crew members who average at least 20 hours per week. Hard working and fun coworkers. Tasty food. Managers are supportive, positive and good at what they do.

Cons

Physically demanding. If you want to advance, you must be flexible in your schedule - count on working nights and early mornings and long hours and, of course, weekends. You also have to be willing to relocate to the various stores within a given region, if you want the management track. Part-time crew members can usually relocate, but if you want to pursue management roles, you can choose your regions but the company decides where you will work within that region. Rotating between stores (such as Woodbury, Minnetonka, St. Paul, etc) is considered training and experience for managers.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
May 27, 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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