Sinking ship....find other employment. - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
May 16, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Anyone can do this job. No experience or knowledge of the industry is needed. Anyone can pick it up in a week. It takes very little brain power to be full time employee.

Cons

You will NEVER earn a living wage and will always be living paycheck to paycheck if you support yourself. You will be expected to work nights, weekends and holidays without any compensation other then your base pay. There will be times where you are expected to clean public restrooms including urine, pheses , vomit , menstrual blood and other bodily fluids left by customers and employees. A full time employee might earn a combined 8 paid days off a year for vacation, sick and personal days......wow. The health insurance is getting progressively worse. The 401k contribution by the company has been lowered to 5% from 10%.

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5.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to work all around

Cons

Nothing really bad to say

4.0
May 27, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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