Great benefits, bad pay and iffy management. - Produce Lead Trader Joe's Employee Review

2.0
May 23, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Health insurance and 401k match are great. Many of my co-pays were $10 and insurance was accepted widely. Definitely the best benefits package in the grocery game. I believe the minimum hours worked to qualify for bennies are 30-ish hours a week.

Cons

No sick days and very little holidays provided. You accrue time off and will have to use that if you are sick and it accrues quite slowly. Pay per hour is pretty bad even though it's above industry average -- still puts you right at poverty line. You get a "raise" once or twice a year and it is normally just 50-75c and the company acts like they are saints for it. However, the management at my store looked for any excuse to not give it to you. They also looked for any excuse to fire employees that were connected to forming a union. Bad look. Also, I led the produce team and wrote the orders for inventory and got zero pay bump for it. You do not get financially rewarded if you lead teams but they will make you feel bad if you don't agree to...almost like they want you to do more work than you're paid for...hmmm.

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5.0
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Pros

Great staff and management, common sense company values/practices. Great teamwork

Cons

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Pros

This company really does care about its employees. There's a reason why people make a career out of their time here. It is the most fun job I've ever had. They hire amazing, hardworking people with great personalities. Management is always willing to help. Theres fun tastings of new products all the time. Customers are generally always in a good mood. The job is physically demanding, but I am in the best shape of my life lol. They schedule you to change what you're doing every hour, so the 8-hour day goes by fast.

Cons

They can definitely play favorites. The same people get the shifts that they want, and when you first start, you can get stuck closing for quite some time.

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