friendship with management will take you far - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
Feb 23, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent Benefits,compensation raises have finally been made equal.

Cons

if your not "Buddy-Buddy"with management you will be stuck doing the same thing over and over they can and will be bias.Management has total control of your lively hood,hours worked,work load and even pay. so if you want to be successful be friends with them purchase your Disneyland passes and enjoy your own time with them.

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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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