How about learning some business basics TJ's? - Mate (Assistant Manager) Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
24 Aug 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and benefits for the industry. Flexible work schedules for part-time crew members. Crew members are assigned a variety of tasks daily--not stuck doing doing the same thing for 8 hours straight! Generally friendly customers.

Cons

Training for new hires is virtually non existent. New crew members are given very little in the way of an orientation to the store or company culture. Lax discipline--some crew members are incredibly lazy and they get away with it! Raises and benefits have been cut recently. Business practices are very backwards. Technologically primitive. No cameras or alarm systems. Does TJ's know or even care how much their customers AND employees are stealing from them?

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5.0
8 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent work environment and team.

Cons

Might not be a con for some but the job requires you to spend a lot of time on your feet moving objects so not recommended if you have any injuries or ailments.

4.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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