Ups and Downs - Anonymous employee Trader Joe's Employee Review

3.0
Jun 3, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent benefits, good compensation for a retail job. Working on your feet most of the day is a great way to get a little extra fitness in.

Cons

Lack of clear leadership. Senior management makes decisions and implements those decisions at the stores, then changes course with no warning leaving us scrambling to meet new requirements while set up to follow the old ones.

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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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