Abuse the workers to accommodate the leisure folk. Immature management. - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
Apr 13, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice products. Great selection of cheese.

Cons

No real stock room... everything delivered to one small room in the back, where it is stacked and put on hold, which is fine for dry goods, but not so much for frozen/fresh/perishable goods. If you work hard, you'll get put on the hardest shift of unloading and stocking. Too many managers/assistant managers and too little real-world department overview. Really, it's mostly hype. TJ's is not that great of a company to work for, no matter how much PR they produce to the contrary.

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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

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-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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