That’s one way to hire new employees.

Trader Joe’s near me: There’s a good chance all the employees there are having sex.:

Things changed after he started working at Trader Joe’s. The place just seemed alive—everyone was friendly, the store was small enough for friendships to form, and the endearingly tacky Hawaiian shirts and punny foodstuffs made it seem fun. More importantly: Everyone, it seemed, was banging each other.

Referring to Trader Joe’s as the “single most incestuous company [he] ever worked for,” he described his first few months there as a sort of carnal “mayhem.” “We worked late shifts, and everyone lived nearby,” explained Jeremy, who spent 10 years at a California Trader Joe’s. “I noticed it with the staff at first, but it was even with the managers. They’d make jokes about it.

I get the feeling TJ’s is going to be able to hire a lot of young people at lower wages than their competitors, thanks to this story.

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