used to be great - Mate Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
14 Jun 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great customers, usually fun people to work with

Cons

The company gives in to bad ideas by people who have little to no knowledge about our products and can barely do the minimum required of them. They make huge changes every year that take away benefits, change store structure, and confuse the employees. If you are part time, and you are an excellent employee, you get the same raise as someone that just shows up to work. It takes too .long to get rid of employees that don't work hard enough. They are promoting people that don't know the basics of grocery.

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CEO approval
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Pros

Great job and benefits and happy customers

Cons

This job is really physically demanding

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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