My experience - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
Oct 5, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

At the beginning it was great can be a fun place to work You will only advance in the company if you like to wear knee pads

Cons

I had worked for TJ for 2 years. I had only 1 bad review and 3 good one's, They dropped my insurance shortly before the beginning of this year(sure they gave me a $500 dollar check for healthcare but I never got any help finding insurance ( lowest I found was $150/month), they directed me to go to websites, management told me to call the same people they said just look at the healthcare site blah blah.Was not accepted to medi-cal because I earned and worked to much at Trader Joes. I injured my knee off the job a little over 7 months ago, I got all the doctors notes for excused time off. I made a post of Facebook in a medicated state that was dumb, but I never mentioned nor was work info on FB. Basically saying the company lacked its number value called "integrity" My boss told me about it and said he took personal offense and basically told me im gonna get fired.

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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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