Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(10,577 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 10,577 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
May 13, 2014

Current crew, former mate ( by choice)

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Pros

This job is never boring or mind numbing. You are constantly on the move... Stocking, working register, bringing in the load from the trucks, and constantly interacting with customers For the most part, TJ'S does a good job of hiring positive, friendly people, making the work environment fun and animated to say the least! I have met some of the best people working at tjs

Cons

The recently constant changes in management structure may be more apparent to me since I was formerly a "shirt".... As crew, it's disheartening. Management as a whole is inconsistent, even the Captains seem uncertain of what is coming next... Training on a store level is inadequate, to say the least.... Especially now that we are no longer attracting/ retaining loyal employees due to the drastic changes in all benefits...

1.0
Feb 17, 2014

No accountability

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Pros

Casual work atmosphere and you can dress comfortably everyday...some nice people

Cons

Upper management does less and less and the part timers do more and more... The captain is out of the store more than he is in and the full timers get away with murder....good people are taken for granted and bad people are kept even if they are terrible...but if they're a favorite then they can do no wrong.

3.0
Dec 11, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

great coworkers free food tastings good starting rates flexible scheduling

Cons

physically demanding to the point of serious repetitive motion injuries with no compensation loss of many benefits within just a few months high turnover BS firings of tenured crew members to save money biased and favoring managers who can make your day to day hell management has no life outside of work

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