Avoid this employer. - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

1.0
16 Oct 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fellow employees are generally intelligent and great to work with.

Cons

They're going for a high-turn over rate like Walmart does. It's labor intensive work that they have to get done, so they promise great pay and benefits to attract employees. Then a person works there for a few months, realizes they were conned, and then leaves. They started cutting hours last January. People making $30,000/year dropped to $18,000 or less. We were told hours would come back in May, then in July, then August. People didn't want to lose good jobs so they spent savings, maxed-out credit card, and took loans. Now it's October and we see that they're not going to give our hours back. Many of us are no in crises debt with no job prospects. They lied and lied and ran us into bankruptcy. Just to make a ton of money for themselves by dropping insurance. Just on this morning's crew there was a girl losing her apartment. A guy losing his house. Another girl getting her utilities turned off. And a guy desperately trying to sell his car. (Which, by the way, he needs to get to and from work.) And they're begging for a lawsuit. Just at our store there are 3 people who left decent jobs to come here. They were promised careers that the Captain and Mates knew weren't going to happen. These 3 guys were making $30,000-$40,000 a year, and now they're practically unemployed because they can't get the hours or raises. Plus, no insurance.

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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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