Terrible place to work - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
Feb 8, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent benefits, when you meet hours. Flexible hours - early and late shifts can accommodate most needs (this is a big selling point in interview)

Cons

Management is notorious for retaliation when you are not liked or raise safety concerns, they do this by changing your schedule or withholding a raise. They don’t adhere to safety protocols in foos sampling. If you are dropped shifts without warning, which happens whenever they feel like you can come up short on needed hours for benefits. They are very strong union busters, even going as far as firing people they think might be interested in a union even without proof.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
May 27, 2026
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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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