Great Co-Workers, Management blacklisted me for an injury. - Grocer Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
May 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The co-workers and the teammates were pretty much all wonderful and interesting people. The majority of them had great attitudes, worked hard, and genuinely cared about their fellow co-workers and job.

Cons

I was injured due to an unfixed safety violation in the freezer. I was out on worker's compensation for a thoracic sprain in my back and a traumatic head injury. When I returned to work they decreased my hours and gave me a poor review on my (statistically proven to be bare minimum acceptable for a good review) work record. They told me I would have no problem transfering stores when moving with my family. When I tried to transfer stores the captain at my original store recommended they not hire me, and so the company blacklisted me. Since the company was bought out and corporatized, the whole treatment of employees has gone down hill from what I understand having spoken with many TJ's veterans. I would not recommend this as a place to work long term.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

They can definitely play favorites. The same people get the shifts that they want, and when you first start, you can get stuck closing for quite some time.

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