Avoid this company - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
Jul 24, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Customers are "fans" and tend to be very freindly and nice. Co workers are usually fun to work with, but keep in mind that many say they work there only because there's no drug testing policy.

Cons

Each store has a quota of people to dump from insurace per quarter. To do that they over-hire and manipulate hours. If it were a fair process it would be one thing. But most of the best employees and people who "make things happen" get hours cut to one day a week if the DayForce software targets them as being next to go off of insurance. Each store has a core group of employees who've baby-sat managers kids, sold them drugs, or are personal freinds. Those people consistently get all the shifts they want AND what hours they chose to work.. Everyone else is regarded as disposeable and managerment can care less about their value to the company.

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5.0
Jul 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great staff and management, common sense company values/practices. Great teamwork

Cons

It’s a lot of work, very physical

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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