Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,597 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 10,597 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
Dec 11, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers and managers are usually very upbeat, creative types who hold down a job to pay the bills while they pursue artistic endeavors. Very gay-friendly.

Cons

The 80/20 rule: 80% of the work gets done by just 20% of the crew. Lots of dead weight and management is very hesitant to lay off due to "diversity" concerns.

2.0
Dec 1, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people, although they are mostly nice because they drank the Koolaid

Cons

Safety training is an afterthought. I was hired in as a "crew" member at 37.5 hours a week (they won't guarantee those hours by the way unless you are a slave to a 5 a.m. to midnight availability.) Too many immature "mates" that really don't know how to create a caring staff - they drank the Koolaid for sure. Too much crazy work for someone who wants to be a "grocer." TJ ain't what you want it to be.

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