Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,592 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 10,592 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
3.0
Sep 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great atmosphere and the team of crew members (your experience may differ). You're never stuck doing the same job within the store and often are given a lot of autonomy if you are trusted by the mates (managers).

Cons

The company is becoming more corporate and in their quest to expand the company they have chosen to decrease raises year on year. Although yes the pay is above the average minimum wage, it may not be long before the company takes the plunge and decides to give less and less and pile on more work. They have really no effective hiring method that weeds out lazy workers, thus leaving those that care to work overtime and break their backs to keep the store running.

4.0
Aug 31, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great products, great people, great customers, great benefits. I have become close friends with many of my colleagues over the years. Being part of Trader Joe's has been a defining part of who I am.

Cons

Central management has lost touch with the crew at store level. It is common to feel as though the stores support the office, not the other way around as it should be.

1.0
Aug 28, 2017

Becoming so corporate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent hourly rate. Decent benefits.

Cons

I live in a University town. They cut every single employee's hours in the summer time when the students leave. They do this to employees who have worked for the company for ten plus years without caring if they can get by or not. The first captain I worked under was an absolute psycho path. Not exaggerating. It took the company over two years of receiving employee complaints to get rid of him. We had a rash of injuries this summer because our crew members were spread so thin and expected to get the work of two people done.

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