long time crew member review - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

4.0
Jun 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible scheduling. Generous start pay and review raises every 6 months. Good health insurance and retirement benefits. 80% of the people you work with are going to be pretty awesome.

Cons

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.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
May 27, 2026
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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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