Trader Joe's reviews

The benefits have been cut. Employees now have to work a minimum of 30 hours per week to qualify for health benefits whereas it used to be 17.5 hours weekly. This has negatively impacted longtime crew members and morale is down. Lots of favoritism. There is also little room for advancement if you're a woman who plans on having a family. We have only 2 (of 12) female managers who work a difficult 10 hr/day ascending/descending schedule, i.e. different times every day of the week.

On the flip side of the high level of customer service, you also have customers who expect you to bend over backwards for them which can result in unbelievable requests. It is a retail job…it is monotonous. After about 3 months you have learned everything you will learn and then it is just clocking your hours and getting through the day. For most employees, schedules are not consistent and in the slow season your hours will be drastically cut without consideration for your financial needs. Management unabashedly plays favorites with employees which, if you're not a favorite, will affect your hours and pay. Promotions are rare and not based on merit. In the stores in my area, we have had several promotions of people who are simply awful. My store, at least, is ridiculously sexist. Unqualified men get promoted over qualified women constantly. Pretty much every long term employee has a back injury. Training is virtually nonexistent.