r/tjcrew

Hi, i’m very new to trader joe’s and started just over 2 months ago. I’ve never called out before but i am scheduled a 5am-1am shift and it’s about 1:30 am right now. what time do i call to call out? what’s the earliest someone is in the store? will this negatively affect my performance review? yesterday i only got 3-4 hours of sleep and tonight i got no sleep at all. ive been trying to sleep since 9pm and just can’t fall asleep so i don’t think it’d be good for me to go in.

i’m just scared cause ive been late once or twice, and one time my first shift that wasn’t a 2-10 i accidentally was super late to. I forgot it was my first morning-ish shift (10am-6pm) and i called immediately at 12 when i realized and apologized profusely and they let me work a 1-9 that day. will this negatively affect my review? should i just suck it up and go in?

I’m sure every location has one.
But these Crew peeps who march around barking orders at their Crew co-workers need to get a fucking life already!

I only take orders from my superiors! HOWEVER if you’re in just Crew but also an SL yes of course I’ll respect your SL title. And take polite (yes POLITE) orders from you to keep your section looking great and functioning well.

But you wannabe SLs and wannabe Mates ……. Take a chill pill PUHLEEEASE? Cuz you ain’t my boss ……… yet!

I’m guessing that now the survey results are out Mates be acting right now. Ok this may only last a short while but it’s nice to be treated like adults and not like high school kids (even tho some of us Crew ARE high school kids)

I’m guessing many of the Mates were given a good ‘talking to’ at their own Reviews.

Fingers crossed that this change lasts a loooong time 🤞🏻

So my captain is making it seem like we're not allowed to drink at our outing. They're not paying for drinks, but they're trying to stop us from buying our own drinks.

Anybody else have that experience?

Is this a safe place to say that I’m happy for everyone who’s going to benefit from the new paid leave, but it also just made me re-pissed off that this didn’t happen sooner? Like I know it’s good to have progress, but it’s hard not feel angry that a company that touts integrity and “the inverted pyramid” took this long to stop financially punishing new parents, especially mothers.

I wrote this. Maybe some of you might relate.

Ive been here for 3 years and we have only hired 3 people of color.... Mind you, we have probably hired and fired close to 50 people. I just find it interesting. Our only black mate came in for about a month and was promptly transferred. I was a bit salty cause he was a really cool guy. Im in California. Anyone else have this experience?

I’m a wet pro SL and I still call it wet pro. mates all call it cold pro now and I just ignore them and say wet pro. I feel like TJs as a company has been trying to tweak and police our vernacular so much lately but there are actual real issues to address within the company that actually matter so I don’t see why it matters if we call it wet pro. Plus it’s not like we’re not saying Dry Pro still.
Also I don’t like the abbreviation “CP” getting written next to my name all the time. iykyk. 👎
Anyone else?

PS I’m not talking about if your store has been calling it cold pro for a long time now because then obviously you’re gonna call it cold pro. this is more towards people whose stores have always said wet pro and are now being told they have to say cold produce instead.

Hewo!

Right, as the title more or less states, what are some songs (if any) that you've been playing internally to help you cope with the rigours of daily "Joeing"? I've been getting down and dirty with a lot of blackgaze the past year or so haha. The embedded song in particular just has a.... healing effect on me? Yeah. I always feel good and refreshed afterwards. I have a couple more that I'll link too, but I would love to hear what you guys have, if you're keen on sharing. Thanks and take care, yeah?

https://youtu.be/puy5sAcL0Zs?is=iiy75HM4RxjYiVaM

https://youtu.be/8DiWzvE52ZY?is=d1lUXABHczSTmHrl

Ours... Isn't

Never seen the curtains down during the day.

I got asked for a second in*ervi** But I’m nervous! On one hand everyone seems so stoked and friendly on the other hand the place is constantly a madhouse and I’m afraid I’m going to feel forced to put on a smile and act chipper all the time. Not used to intense crowds or lots of customer interaction… but I feel like a dumbass for not jumping on it!

I’ve been doing food delivery and it’s not consistent enough and too much wear on my car. Kind of into the idea of punching a clock and having something regular for a while. Plus I love food. I worked at Whole Foods for 6 mos a few years back but the corporate culture was yukky to me. TJ’s seems a little more mellow but sometimes that can actually mask hierarchical dynamics.

HALLLLPPPPP I really do need more income (just gonna be PT) but something is feeling hesitance about TJs 🙄

Hi Im currently going through some big life changes due to a divorce. Most of my family is located in Illinois and I have been thinking of transferring to 1 of 4 stores near my uncle's house so I could be near family. The stores im looking at are : Downers Grove, Glen Ellyn, La Grange or Naperville . Is anyone working at these stores and could provide some insight on whether one may be better to work at then another? For example is the moral fairly good or the captain is a decent human? Thank you!

I got curious the other day and did the math to figure out the cheapest cold brew option. It’s the bags, which work out to $.60/cup. A big difference from the bottled cold brew, which ends up almost $3/cup. It got me thinking—what are some products that are actually a really good value for the price?

Hello, I have a question that has probably been answered in the past about health benefits.

I began working at TJs around February and have consistently worked nearly 40 hours per week since then.

A few weeks ago, when prompted by the app and reminded by captan and mates, I did the whole new hire enrollment that was supposed to kick in July 1st.

However, when I go to my benefits portal I only see vision/ dental under health but no medical even though I signed up for it?

Will it kick in later, or is this something I should reach out to HR for? I probably will anyways but I straight up just found out about this right now as I clocked out.

t.i.a. For any help!

Alright my friends and fellow crew, what do you think is going to happen this time around for reviews. I talked to my captain, and they are currently writing them as we speak. Is anyone going to be clueless, upset, understanding, sad, etc about this coming review cycle? Also, if you do get a good review and get a raise it will show up on the first pay check of August. So the last wk of July is when the raise should be set in motion, but it might not reflect on Dayforce until a couple of days into that wk.

How long do you think before the POS traderjoesobsessed leaks all the insider info from it?