My trader Joes has to be the worst store I have ever worked in. The crew is horrible, the management is horrible, and I am desperately looking to transfer like NOW. When I started working at trader Joes almost a year ago it was not so bad. I really liked the company but after a while things went from bad to worst. My caption doesn’t like anything; it took him almost a year to finally get a banana stand. He does not interact with the crew, 90 percent of the times it seems like he has no clue what he’s doing or he will stand in the store and watch crew members BUT will not tell them what they are doing wrong instead he will tell a mate who THEN will tell the crew member what they did wrong. The store has the potential be a great store but the management suck so bad it will never happen. My caption just recently started interacting with the crew but only after the reviews.
The whole store acts as if they are in high school crewmembers telling on other crewmembers instead of doing their job and focusing on the customers. Mates stepping in and pulling people to the side saying, ”Well so and so said this” I feel its so high school. There’s also WAY too much drama at this store (but I think that’s at every job). Sometimes I just want to come to work and do my job without being sucked into drama or picking up the stack because someone is always calling out. There’s no diversity in this store either.
I feel underappreciated most of the time. Once you work a section and your good at it YOUR STUCK IN THAT SECTION. I cant tell you how many times I worked produce everyday, every morning, I break down 6,7 sometimes 8 pallets by myself because some crewmembers spend half the day talking and are barely productive. I don’t mind working produce it just a little variety would be nice. The mates at my store talking about getting me out of produce so I can be a more well rounded crewmember but it has yet to happen.
