ALDI Reviews

Pros

There are opportunities every day to make a difference in your stores and to make a difference for your people. Company takes care of it's own in my opinion.

Cons

Work/life balance not so hot, but I've heard it gets much better with experience by those respected within my business.

Advice to Senior Management

Tell me what you're really thinking.

Pros

You will NEVER be bored. Time flys by.

Cons

DM's who think because they worked in a store for 12 weeks they know how to run a store and give a struggling manager advice. Working in a store for 12 weeks and reacting to the things going on around you is very different then actually running a store.

Advice to Senior Management

Give your struggling managers, manager peer-advisors. And change your DM training program. Aldi's needs to weed out the college grads who are only here to get a notch on their resume. Make them run a store for 2 years and that would solve the problem. Stop focusing on productvity. the difference in my paycheck for running a 580 vs 600 is only about 30 bucks and Aldi's is probally having more work injuries because of it. To me,not worth it.

Pros

The pay is excellent for a cashier they started off at $12.50 when I was there. That's about it. Good for college students and young people like myself with no responsibilities and at one point, no real bills for the most part.

Cons

I wouldn't recommend this as a career path beyond college or for those working to support families. The hours are horrible. And there is mild discrimination towards college students and part time workers. They know that you're not going to want to work there once you graduate so they cut your hours and inch you out. No priority is given to part time workers for hours when you're working just as hard, if not harder than full timers.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember that you, as a manager, could probably not survive on a salary earned working less than 20 hours a week, and not to be so stingy with time unless your employees agree. Be a bit more human. We know your overheads. It's Aldi. You can afford to give more hours.

Pros

Benefits, if you don't need them they will give you some money as well.
Pay
Bonus Program/
Holidays Off

Cons

Work with little or no help, DM's think you can do your job and the lists that they give you. Dm's for the most part are clueless. Customers are rude/ignorant. Time off is hard to come by.

Advice to Senior Management

They would never listen to anything anyone has to say.

Pros

Pay was great and benifits were ok.

Cons

Lack of care about employees and no worklife balance.

Pros

Aldi is a great place to work if you are a hard worker. If you are lazy or a slacker, this is not the place for you. Pay is great!

Cons

Even though the pay is great, aldi is very demanding on your body physically and your time. Also the customers can get annoying.

Advice to Senior Management

It is always good to show your employees you appreciate them in ways other than their paycheck. It seems as the company grows, employees are being treated worse.

Pros

Very good pay for cashiers and hourly workers.
Benefits are great and also provided to part-time workers.

Cons

No opportunity for advancement in most areas. District Managers are hired from outside the company with little to no experience as opposed to being promoted from within the stores.
No bonuses for Assistant Managers, only for GM and DM.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop hiring people for your best jobs that have no experience with the company. Reward those in your company that really make the store worth shopping at.....the in-store employees who break their backs everyday to keep those everyday low-costs a reality.

Pros

Excellent pay, excellent benefits, management that understands you also have a personal life. Overall a great place to work especially for moms and college students.

Cons

can be a bit like being in high school sometimes with the childishness of some of the employees and their little clicks. Also, you have to work 3 out of 6 weekends every rolling 6 weeks, so expect to work weekends.

Pros

All I can say is the medical insurance was great.

Cons

all of it was ridiculous and degrading. I worked my butt off in that sweat shop for over 3 years and wasn't appreciated for one moment by management.

Advice to Senior Management

get some lifes experience and finish growing up before you think you are capable of running one store, much less 3 or 4 stores and for God's sake learn how to manage people!!!!!!!

Pros

good salary, company car, insurance

Cons

awful leadership in the division and in stores. work you like a dog. Store managers think they have it bad but DM's also have it bad.

Advice to Senior Management

shorter training in store