Severely Disappointed - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
3 Jul 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The best pro of this job was forming lasting and fulfilling relationships with fellow Crew Members. Going to work each day with coworkers who you looked at as family was very rewarding.

Cons

The store suffers from a lack of proper management. Managers are hypocritical and do no lead by example. Severe favoritism plagues this store. I was repeatedly picked on and reprimanded for issues very simple and inconsequential. The same issues I was getting in trouble for, other crew members got away with. The store is predominately managed by White managers who show lack of understanding and compassion for people of color and minorities. There is lack of overall morale and crew members are not shown any form of appreciation or compensation thereof. After 9 years of employment I was terminated for no proper reasoning. This is how this store treats their employees even after so many years of commitment and hard work.

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Cons

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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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