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 10,946 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 (5953) , Cashier (341) , Crew (315) , 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 1052 reviews)); "Good pay and good whatever you want" ((in 911 reviews)); "The people they hire are always great people and the customers tend to be usually nice." ((in 817 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and reliable" ((in 587 reviews)); "Flexible hours for crew members who have other jobs or school in the larger stores." ((in 359 reviews))

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

"Bad management not enough to do" ((in 452 reviews)); "Managers have a lot of discretion which can be good and bad depending on the manager." ((in 253 reviews)); "There is blatant favoritism and the lack of standardized procedures nationwide make it impossible to hold leadership accountable" ((in 203 reviews)); "benefits have become limited and management can choose favorites" ((in 56 reviews)); "Poor upper management is a reality" ((in 51 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 , Denver , Austin , 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

(10,608 total reviews)

Bryan Palbaum

72% 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 10,608 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

Jul 15, 2018

Its Ok

It analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Latte machine ,and free food trials in the kitchen. Very ergonomic work stations

Cons

Worked in IT and no one wants to spend more than 15 min training

4.0

Jun 21, 2018

long time crew member review

Crew member

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible scheduling. Generous start pay and review raises every 6 months. Good health insurance and retirement benefits. 80% of the people you work with are going to be pretty awesome.

Cons

Basic retail issues. Exhausting, your feet will hurt. You'll deal with some crazy customers, but the majority of them are awesome. Favoritism between managers and crew members can be difficult to navigate. You can get a sense that the managers are often over worked ( they are required work 10 hour shifts with crazy turn around times) but despite that they all try their best the stay happy and are pretty much cool.

2.0

Jun 10, 2018

Mate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The great thing about TJs is you are able to learn slow you are held accountable for task that match your level of experience. The crew are generally easy to work with. The captains are not micro managers

Cons

Cons the work is very taxing I know 2 mates with permanent back problems and others with knee and various work related injuries. If you have a background in management throw it out the window you are not a manager here you basically are a crew member that has keys. The schedule is terrible I have not had a weekend day off since working here. I close mostly which is 2 pm to 12am. So hanging out with my family is tough. As a Mate you have to tip toe around performance issues with the crew you have no power period. They can run to the captain and make you look bad or worst case scenario get you fired also how the crew rates you directly ties in to your annual raise. A lot of people say this is a great company to work for but I don’t agree I do not recommend

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