Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,575 total reviews)
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Bryan Palbaum

73% approve of CEO

72% positive business outlook

Trader Joe's has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,575 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
1.0
Jan 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers. I love the people I work with.

Cons

Everything. Schedule, managers telling you that you can't do something but they can because they're managers. The store is such a cluster **** There is NO organization whatsoever and the store is dirty Ex: the mops, the floors, the breakroom, the display shelves, the coffee pot and milk carafe, there's rotten milk all the time! ETC....

1.0
May 21, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hours. Great {for the most part} coworkers. Discount on purchases of 10%. Health insurance available and 401k plan for those who stay long enough to vest. Advancement opportunities for young employes who are strong and in good health.

Cons

Management at the top {i.e. Dan Bane} don't care when we are abused by insane and unreasonable customers. Any customer can get you fired by calling in a complaint anonymously. Manager (captain) won't stand up for an employe being attacked by a customer. High turnover. Some captains, like mine, enjoy hiring and firing people and do it a lot. Our captain has been cutting numbers of days and hours of current employees while continuing to hire new ones. CEO Dan Bane has just reduced semi-annual raise limits and decreased annual 401k contribution by 1/3, and health premiums are scheduled to rise, he says -- blames it on "Obamacare." Store is very cold. Typical stint on register is 4-5 hours per shift. No rest breaks. High level of physical back injuries, espec. back injuries. Captain and supervisors play favorites.

2.0
Jan 20, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, friends, comfortable uniform, merchandising

Cons

Favoritism, lack of integrity, loss of insurance benefits under strict guidelines, narcissistic and greedy people abusing their power

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