Paycuts during a pandemic that had record breaking sales - Lead Store Associate ALDI Employee Review

1.0
Jul 19, 2021
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Pros

Best benefits any retail store has to offer, Holiday Pay, Vacation time, closes early on holidays

Cons

Exhausting, back breaking work. Management restructure during a pandemic that lead to shift managers taking a large paycut, after record breaking sales and putting our lives on the line being called "heroes". District managers play favorites and would rather hire people off the street than internally promote willing leaders who want their weekly pay to be the same before the pandemic. You will be expected to help train these new managers while making $4 to $5 less per hour than them. If they quit (and most do because they are not expecting the amount of labor in the job), you will be expected to do their job (without getting their payrate) while District Managers look for another fresh hire to replace them.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Oct 5, 2016
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Pros

+ industry leading wages Associates - $12/hr, Shift Mgr - $16/hr, SMT - $23/hr, Store Manager - $75,000+/yr + great work environment + excellent training + health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k + 40-50 hr/wk with paid overtime Very fast paced so work hours fly by. I loved working at Aldi. The pay was great! Benefits great! Was training to be a store manager so a lot was expected of me but I was totally up for it. My store manager loved my work, associates loved my fairness, customers loved me.

Cons

+ work/life balance + walked 28,000 steps/day!!! Never thought I would be fired for clocking in only minutes late!!

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