There are pros and cons to any job. - Crew Member Trader Joe's Employee Review

3.0
11 Oct 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Raises with out asking. Descent compensation for work tendered. Most of the management are good people with a few exceptions. Well scheduled breaks and adequate time management. Benefits are worth the work. Fairly easy transfers to other TJ locations. Can schedule work shifts around school schedule. Learning to work with a lot of different people enables a crew member to grow as a person. Hopefully getting better at communication, and what it means to be proud of a job well done with your crew. Sometimes a family-like atmosphere. Depends on the store, and the crew.

Cons

The job can be too demanding at times. A lot is expected of each crew member when some are not capable of the work load. Bad days can be really BAD days. Gossip. Favoritism. Lots and LOTS of stress.

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5.0
30 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

fun place to work part time

Cons

it can be very exhausting

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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