Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,585 total reviews)
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Bryan Palbaum

73% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Trader Joe's has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,585 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
5.0
Apr 10, 2018

Crew Member

Recommend
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Pros

Such a fun place to work- you learn a lot about all of the products even in a short time of working there- in my location the crew was awesome and the mates loved feedback from the crew- I worked afternoon shifts (3 pm -11 pm) and when the store closed after 9pm we would use the last two hours to unload the dry and frozen products and we all had a lot of fun together, we would get to try all the new products that came into the store which was awesome too. The pay is really good for a part-time job.

Cons

The only con for me was that while I worked at TJ i was in college full-time (16 credits a semester) and regardless of how many hours I wanted or put down on my application that I wanted to work I was almost inevitably always scheduled 5 shifts a week but left at 39 hours a week because they didn't want the crew members to be "full-time" so it was a lot to manage for me. Also lunch breaks are only 30 minutes long even with an 8 hour shift. Employee discount is only 10%.

3.0
Dec 28, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

No drug testing. Decent health insurance, if you're actually able to work full time. Good pay, only if you started years ago. Casual work place. You get to be yourself.

Cons

Management are known for having hot heads and inflated egos. They talk down to employees. The men think its okay to undress you with their eyes, as well as customers. The sexual harassment is unlike anything I've ever seen.

3.0
Aug 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible hours for crew members who have other jobs or school in the larger stores. Pay rate is higher than most retail jobs. Good benefits.

Cons

Managers are spread too thin and work a fifty hour week. Very hard to have family or personal time with that kind if schedule. They always change operations in order to improve service etc. Sometimes this just created chaos. If it's not broken, don't try to fix it

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