Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,599 total reviews)
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Bryan Palbaum

72% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Trader Joe's has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,599 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
Jan 19, 2026

purgatory

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

nice coworkers generally easy and mindless flexible scheduling, easy to swap shifts

Cons

gossipy and high school adjacent toxic work environment at times boring, lots of rude customers you cannot take things personally and have to let go of some ego

5.0
Jan 18, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

So many pros. Overall great place to work, I would 100% do it again

Cons

Can be physically demanding, but I didn’t mind after a while

5.0
Jan 18, 2026

Great

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

evryone is so nice and helpful its like a community

Cons

not much honestly, can be busy

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