Maybe it the store I work at... - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
May 26, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Raise every 6 months health insurance The company is good the store I work at is the problem.

Cons

My trader Joes has to be the worst store I have ever worked in. The crew is horrible, the management is horrible, and I am desperately looking to transfer like NOW. When I started working at trader Joes almost a year ago it was not so bad. I really liked the company but after a while things went from bad to worst. My caption doesn’t like anything; it took him almost a year to finally get a banana stand. He does not interact with the crew, 90 percent of the times it seems like he has no clue what he’s doing or he will stand in the store and watch crew members BUT will not tell them what they are doing wrong instead he will tell a mate who THEN will tell the crew member what they did wrong. The store has the potential be a great store but the management suck so bad it will never happen. My caption just recently started interacting with the crew but only after the reviews. The whole store acts as if they are in high school crewmembers telling on other crewmembers instead of doing their job and focusing on the customers. Mates stepping in and pulling people to the side saying, ”Well so and so said this” I feel its so high school. There’s also WAY too much drama at this store (but I think that’s at every job). Sometimes I just want to come to work and do my job without being sucked into drama or picking up the stack because someone is always calling out. There’s no diversity in this store either. I feel underappreciated most of the time. Once you work a section and your good at it YOUR STUCK IN THAT SECTION. I cant tell you how many times I worked produce everyday, every morning, I break down 6,7 sometimes 8 pallets by myself because some crewmembers spend half the day talking and are barely productive. I don’t mind working produce it just a little variety would be nice. The mates at my store talking about getting me out of produce so I can be a more well rounded crewmember but it has yet to happen.

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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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