Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,581 total reviews)
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Bryan Palbaum

73% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Trader Joe's has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,581 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Trader Joe's employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews
4.0
Mar 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

People who work at Trader Joe's are really friendly and are motivated to work really hard. This helps the time go by pretty fast and makes you feel like you are a valuable employee.

Cons

When I worked there, you could potentially get a raise every six months (or was it every three?), well in any case, the job is what it is...not that great of pay unless you can work your way up to full time status.

4.0
Feb 28, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Other employees (at both locations I worked at), including management, were friendly and fun to work with. Management was generally receptive to new ideas and questions. The company definitely cares about its employees more than other places I've worked

Cons

It's always a tiring day and didn't have as much flexibility with hours as I would have liked. There were disparities in the competency and leadership ability of different managers. The number of managers sometimes made it feel like there were too many cooks in the kitchen.

3.0
Feb 14, 2010

Crewmember with a future maybe???

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

First and foremost its' a job and lets face it, Portland lacks jobs. Yes, we get benifits and 10% off items in the store. Yes we can request time off with no hassles. It is a relatively easy place to work and the hourly pay is pretty good if you actually get hours.

Cons

Overstaffed store where everyone walks on thin ice avoiding any slip-ups which would result in their hours being cut. Management (mainly the captain) is all smiles and bubbly when the camera is on but behind the scenes she is responsible for all the unhappiness in the store. Favoritism is amazingly obvious. Its not all hugs and cheers for everyone, you gotta be in the "circle".

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