Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,584 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 10,584 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
Mar 8, 2026

Good place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

people were great. I was lucky to have really good Mates and a good captain. relatively easy work.

Cons

really monotonous. hard physically. either has to be there super early or late.

3.0
Mar 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The team is nice and the environment is overall quite pleasant, I became friends with many of my team members.

Cons

Despite touting an "no-bureaucracy" policy, almost everything is filtered through countless chains of command and rules are never flexible, you cannot ask for a raise.

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