Trader Bees Case Study

One important group that I recently joined was the group of employees at my local Trader Joes (A supermarket). Trader Joes has a hierarchical structure; the “Captain” is the head manager, the “Mates” are supervisors/managers and the “Crew Members” are the general employees. While these levels have direct power over each other, there is an informal group of crew members that I would consider senior crewmembers. These are crew members that have been working at the store for a long time and end up having more responsibilities. They are paid more (your wage increases the longer you are with the company) and some of them have been offered (and turned down) manager positions. There is one Captain who comes in at different times. There are always …show more content…
I also tried to learn as much as I could so I could become a better team member. Since I have been hired, me and multiple other people hired with me have taken on “section leadership”. This is where a person decides how much product the store will order for a certain section of the store (for instance, I order chips and snacks) and is also directly manages the product placement. Most of the orders had been done by senior crewmembers, but now they can be moved to doing other things since they do not have to worry about …show more content…
The managers are pretty fair and do their best to encourage positivity. Being friendly towards the customers and other employees turn Trader Joes into a very positive workspace.Most of the crew members are pretty friendly towards each other, although the senior crewmembers have a tendency to focus on hanging out with each other. The crew members that work in the wine section also tend to hang out with each other, although most of them are senior crewmembers and congregate with that group as well. The employees are also very cohesive and they can handle tasks quickly and