Great Co-Workers, Management blacklisted me for an injury. - Grocer Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
May 31, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The co-workers and the teammates were pretty much all wonderful and interesting people. The majority of them had great attitudes, worked hard, and genuinely cared about their fellow co-workers and job.

Cons

I was injured due to an unfixed safety violation in the freezer. I was out on worker's compensation for a thoracic sprain in my back and a traumatic head injury. When I returned to work they decreased my hours and gave me a poor review on my (statistically proven to be bare minimum acceptable for a good review) work record. They told me I would have no problem transfering stores when moving with my family. When I tried to transfer stores the captain at my original store recommended they not hire me, and so the company blacklisted me. Since the company was bought out and corporatized, the whole treatment of employees has gone down hill from what I understand having spoken with many TJ's veterans. I would not recommend this as a place to work long term.

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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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