Pros
In the past the company let you voice your opinion. Now you can't voice your opinion if it's not in line with what corporate is wanting to happen in the stores.
Cons
The company is changing rapidly. The message is that change is good. Although it can be good, it's not always good. There are many changes happening in Trader Joe's that aren't for the good of the crew. Over a period of time they have cut our pay raises from 4 a year to 2 a year, retirement is cut by 5.4 percent a year, health coverage cut, etc. The company used the bad economy as an excuse to make these changes. The timing was right for our CEO to make these changes happen. If you thing about the timing of all of the changes. It's a master piece of one change at a time so we can adapt and get use to the pain of each change. None of these changes has the crew's best interest at hart, only the owners. I wonder what's next?