Great Place to Work - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

5.0
Sep 4, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

You get to be yourself. I get to do what I do best everyday. The people I work with are smart, care about each other. There is a culture of caring for the customer that makes me happy to come to work every day. When people don't buy into this part of the culture, they tend to struggle. The number of people I get to meet and talk with every day is amazing.

Cons

Too much food to eat every day. The store is cold. Having to work with some Crew Members who clearly don't want to help customers, they are only in it for the pay and benefits. If you don't like customers, don't work in retail.

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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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