Used to be great, not so much anymore. - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

3.0
Sep 7, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's essentially a very easy, mindless job. Hours are somewhat flexible and the other employees are great. Decent benefits, but...

Cons

The benefits have been cut. Employees now have to work a minimum of 30 hours per week to qualify for health benefits whereas it used to be 17.5 hours weekly. This has negatively impacted longtime crew members and morale is down. Lots of favoritism. There is also little room for advancement if you're a woman who plans on having a family. We have only 2 (of 12) female managers who work a difficult 10 hr/day ascending/descending schedule, i.e. different times every day of the week.

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-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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