Crew Member - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

4.0
Sep 2, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Full benefits. Retirement fund.Sunday's and holidays are time and a half. Flexible hours and you earn payed vacation time as you work. Generally friendly staff that are easy to work with. There are biannual reviews in which you may receive a raise if you pass which is typically easy to do.

Cons

Having worked with the company for almost several years I can see the company is starting to head into a mainstream business model I.e. Cutting costs to increase profits and it has been hurting the employee morale. Decisions are being made my corporate people who haven't actually worked in a store in years and are not practical policy changes. The managers get paid very poorly for the amount of work they do and for the long hours they work. I am not even a "Mate" (manager) and I sympathize for them. The "Captains" (general manager) get paid just fine.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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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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