Working at Trader Joe's is enjoyable. - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

4.0
11 Jan 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The crew you normally work with: morning / mid-shift / night tend to form a good bond of friendship. The entire crew gets along fairly well, but you do make tighter friends with the people you work with more often. The breaks you normally get during the day help keep you refreshed to work your heart out on the floor. Most problems can be solved by just talking to someone at the store. I've never had to call HR or any senior member for a problem at the store level. The flyer tastings + store tastings are always nice not only for your own self, but hearing other employees feel about the same product.

Cons

Once you're assigned a certain part of the store you stay there. You may get mixed up every once in a while, but once you express interest in one area of the store... it becomes your "thing." Sometimes full-timers will have clear differences on how a job should be done and it creates confusion. Some order writers aren't as efficient as others and it creates problems eventually for the customers, which in turn causes problems for the employees.

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5.0
30 Jun 2026
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Recommend
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Pros

fun place to work part time

Cons

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4.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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