Trader Joe's reviews

Basic retail issues. Exhausting, your feet will hurt. You'll deal with some crazy customers, but the majority of them are awesome. Favoritism between managers and crew members can be difficult to navigate. You can get a sense that the managers are often over worked ( they are required work 10 hour shifts with crazy turn around times) but despite that they all try their best the stay happy and are pretty much cool.

Cons the work is very taxing I know 2 mates with permanent back problems and others with knee and various work related injuries. If you have a background in management throw it out the window you are not a manager here you basically are a crew member that has keys. The schedule is terrible I have not had a weekend day off since working here. I close mostly which is 2 pm to 12am. So hanging out with my family is tough. As a Mate you have to tip toe around performance issues with the crew you have no power period. They can run to the captain and make you look bad or worst case scenario get you fired also how the crew rates you directly ties in to your annual raise. A lot of people say this is a great company to work for but I don’t agree I do not recommend