ALDI Reviews

Current Employee – been working at ALDI full-time for more than a year

Pros – The pay, holidays off, not a clock watching job

Cons – Not consistent hours, late nights and early mornings, schedule constantly changes

Advice to Senior Management – Create a steady schedule that is fair for all employees, allow employees to have a good work/life balance. Don't expect everyone to jump up the second you change your mind about hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ALDI part-time

Pros – Aldi is a great career for any hardworking person.

Cons – Just wish for more advance outside of store manager

Former Employee – worked at ALDI full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Pay & Benefits are second to none

Cons – Everyone is expected to do everything, from stocking to cashiering... wouldn't be bad, but this is a high paced environment. Upper level management does not communicate effectively with employees. Management does not usually promote District Managers from within. They prefer to hire anyone with a bachelor's degree - no experience necessary. This makes it hard because they don't know ANYTHING about procedure and often come in and try to change EVERYTHING!

Advice to Senior Management – PLEASE let the left hand know what the right hand is doing. It will save aggravation and frustration. Allow more internal hiring for District Managers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ALDI as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Amazingly run company, many opportunities for advancement. They hire from within and reward loyalty.

Cons – Everyone is vying for the same positions and can be very competitive/cold to newcomers.

Advice to Senior Management – Pick better mentors for your new hires.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ALDI full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Days fly by, even when they are 12-16 hour days.
All major holidays off, although not all paid.
Your 1040 looks nice, until you divide your pay by actual hours worked.

Cons – AS A STORE MANAGER
Unrealistic expectations
Minimal staffing
Extremely physical and demanding
A thankless job

Advice to Senior Management – District manager, let the Store Manager BE the Store Manager. Stop micro managing and maybe throw in a compliment every few months or so. If sales, productivity and store conditions are great, don't stop me from doing my work to point out a dust bunny behind some shelving.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ALDI part-time for more than a year

Pros – Great pay and benefits, and an efficient management system.

Cons – The policies in place are great and fair in theory, however are not always followed or enforced as they should be. There can be a lack of communication between management and employees as well.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure policies are being followed and there is fairness in the workplace. Increase communication with employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ALDI

Pros – Pay
Learning what the heck they actually do
Independent
Relationship Building
Great company thats growing!

Cons – Long *Sigh*..
Just read the other reviews

Advice to Senior Management – Share EVERYTHING with your DM's before you bring them on.. It may save you some turnover.

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at ALDI full-time

Pros – -Good health benefits.
-Many holidays off such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter (not paid, but closed), Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day
-3 sick days every year
-3 personal days every year
-Vacation days increase with time employed

Cons – -Higher management (district managers and operations managers) treat lower management (store managers and RS managers) very poorly.
-Unrealistic expectations.

Advice to Senior Management – -Treat employees better, especially store managers.
-Start a profit sharing incentive to run stores better. Better bonuses (available to all store employees at some percentage, varying based on positions) make better managers.
-Either pay overtime to salaried management (who are expected to do as much physical labor as all other employees) or reduce the amount of physical labor for salaried management.
-Be more flexible in policies regarding work/life balance and management schedule.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at ALDI full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great supervisors and management team

Cons – The hours always change, one week it may be long the next it may be short. People also don't get trained good enough.

Advice to Senior Management – No advice at this time

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at ALDI full-time for more than a year

Pros – the pay was great and the hours were good as well.

Cons – not really any cons that I can point out. It took a lot of energy to get the job done but it was worth it in the end.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company