Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,594 total reviews)
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Bryan Palbaum

73% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Trader Joe's has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,594 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
4.0
Aug 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with, decent benefits, 10% employee discount on our own shopping, you get to taste a lot of the foods before you buy them.

Cons

Promotions are not so easy any longer. You have to be there for too many years before being considered for a promotion.

2.0
Jul 28, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health Benefits, retirement package (minimal if you're under 30), paid time off, flexibility with shifts, t-shirt as a uniform, changing tasks over the course of your shift

Cons

Hours get cut regularly during the year (depending on the location, but it's pretty consistent) with new hires following before your hours are replaced, performance reviews have not been consistent or fair and will continue to be that way, expect to be injured because of the physical nature of the job, the company is going corporate but there is a lot of miscommunication about what is expected of employees, managers tend to be superficial

2.0
Jul 25, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Crew members are great, great place to make friends. Food and wine tastings. Even managers are friendly. Seriously just a lot of great people. Mostly flexible schedule, even though they try and guilt you into not being flexible.

Cons

Trader Joe's is getting too corporate. Next to impossible to move up in the company unless you know someone. Benefits are decent, compensation is a little ridiculous. Too many negative changes. The higher store management is incompetent and only in charge because of connections with family. Upper management only cares about fake smiles, not work or common sense, which means the reviews are based on how much your cheeks hurt, not how hard or good you have worked. Upper management definitely only likes those they have hired since they came to the store, treats workers who have been there forever (a lot longer than her) like dogs.

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