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
4.0
Jun 4, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

TJs offers a one of the best jobs you can get without a college degree (tho most of us seemed to have one anyway). LOVED all my coworkers and fast paced work environment. It's a fun, egalitarian place to work where everyone's role seems pretty equal. Physical labor keeps you in shape! Being able to express yourself...liberal mindset. They are (for most stores) cool with tattoos, piercings, dyed hair etc. The benefits you get are better than most in the U.S. but that's still not saying much on a worldwide comparison for a company that makes so much and espouses mom and pop ethos

Cons

Usual customer service dealings (dirty diaper in a shopping cart anyone?? oh it's happened more than once!) and crappy hours (sometimes you're in at 4 in the morning and the next day you might work until 11pm...definitely hard on the body). The physically demanding nature of the job can wear on you (think back problems and tendonitis)

1.0
Apr 25, 2017

Age discrimination not a current or former employee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Call to speak with a manager who said they were hiring and went in to apply and I am way over qualified to even work there but I wanted a part-time job to make some extra money.

Cons

Never got back to me. I had to call multiple times. I think they definitely discriminate against age and I've also read a lawsuit against them already in the same area of Pennsylvania. Also when I called they still said they were hiring and then I found out who I was and said they were not hiring at this time. Which is it?

1.0
Mar 21, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A job that does not require you to be a rocket scientist.

Cons

If you just start or are between the new to five year mark, great. no issues. If you have many years with the company, you are going to be forced out. You will have a hostile work environment due to management targeting you to leave or fire you for not smiling enough or smiling too much. There is so much nepotism and favoritism in the company that it is borderline discrimination.

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