Is Trader Joe's a good company to work for?

Trader Joe's has an overall rating of 4.1 out of 5, based on over 10,924 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 81% of employees would recommend working at Trader Joe's to a friend and 71% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Trader Joe's have been left by employees working as Crewmate , Part-time Crew Member and Crew Mate .

Does Trader Joe's pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Trader Joe's employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Trader Joe's. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Trader Joe's?

81% of Trader Joe's employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Trader Joe's 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Trader Joe's?

Crew Member (5941) , Cashier (341) , Crew (312) , Mate (216) , Part Time Crew Member (152) , Sales Associate/Cashier (119) , Manager (113) , Sales Associate (113) , Section Leader (74) , Trader Joes Crew Member (63) , Assistant Manager (56) , Mate (Assistant Manager) (52) , Grocery Clerk (51) , Trader Joe's Crew Member (42) , Stocker (34)

What are the pros of working at Trader Joe's according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and affordable" ((in 1067 reviews)); "Good pay and good whatever you want" ((in 898 reviews)); "The people they hire are always great people and the customers tend to be usually nice." ((in 816 reviews)); "Great employees and coworkers!" ((in 593 reviews)); "Flexible hours for crew members who have other jobs or school in the larger stores." ((in 346 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Trader Joe's according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management not enough to do" ((in 460 reviews)); "bad managers and same with hr" ((in 251 reviews)); "There is blatant favoritism and the lack of standardized procedures nationwide make it impossible to hold leadership accountable" ((in 196 reviews)); "They also tend to choose favorites which is obvious, and very unprofessional." ((in 53 reviews)); "Poor upper management is a reality" ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about Trader Joe's layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Trader Joe's layoffs and their outlook for job security at Trader Joe's in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Trader Joe's locations?

New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco , San Diego , Chicago , Seattle , Washington , Atlanta , Brooklyn , Philadelphia , Boston , Dallas , Portland , San Jose , Austin , Denver , Houston , Charlotte , Kansas City , Phoenix , Miami , Paramus , Santa Barbara , Monrovia , Nashville , Irvine , Pittsburgh , Saint Louis , Orange , Sacramento

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Trader Joe's reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(10,587 total reviews)

Bryan Palbaum

73% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.2

Diversity & inclusion

4.1

Culture & values

4.1

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.6

Senior management

3.6

Career opportunities

Trader Joe's has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,587 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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Reviews by job title

11K reviews

4.0

Feb 11, 2026

good parttime

Crew member

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

benefits and pay are hard to beat

Cons

it all depends on your stores manager

3.0

Feb 11, 2026

Going downhill fast

Crew member

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

A technically flexible schedule (unless it's hours you WANT to work and they will ask you WHY you can only work within your availability if you change it). The people you work with are usually pretty great and that's honestly the best part. The benefits are decent but continue to get slowly worse and worse. You do get a biannual raise, but it started off as a dollar and has gone down to .75 cents, who knows what's next? The discount is honestly excellent, as well as the bonus you get each year that you can send to your retirement instead. And the health benefits are some of the best truly, but once again do keep going up.

Cons

They're one of many companies trying to abolish the labor rights act. The "perks" you do have keep getting worse little by little each year. The customers vary HEAVILY based on what location you're in, that's just retail. If you're not a multimillion dollar store you will be understaffed and hours will get cut. If you can't work a flexible schedule that could be all over the place, your hours will get cut. PTO & Sick leave are pumped into one sum of hours that you have to work in order to accrue. Benefits are slowly getting more expensive. Your experience will also be heavily based on your management for better or worse. There tends to be a lot of favoritism and I've seen this at multiple locations. Harassment does not typically get taken very seriously unless it's basically an arrestible offense. They keep expanding rapidly and claim to be an inverted triangle company where the crew comes before the management and corporate, but this expansion makes it clear that's not the case. I could go on, but I think you get the gist.

3.0

Feb 9, 2026

TJs

Crew member

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Culture is great and for the most part, you can tell the employees want to be there and to help

Cons

Management gets phased out too often making returning to the store difficult

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Jobs at Trader Joe's

Cashier/Customer Service Representative