ALDI Reviews

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

Current Employee – been working at ALDI

Pros – Fast paced, good system and decent pay

Cons – low staff retention rate, physically demanding

Advice to Senior Management – work on retention and hire experienced manager

Former Employee – worked at ALDI

Pros – The wages and salary are very high, especially compared to other supermarket companies. All the staff I worked with were all good in teams, they seem quite picky with who they choose to work there. If you want to have certain days off in advance, it can be organised.

Great place to be promoted, a lot of people (including myself) moved up very quickly with great reward.

Cons – Long hard hours. As few staff working in a store as possible - if you are in a quiet store, there could be only two other staff with you for the entire store. Even though you are told you have sick leave etc. It is near impossible to take, there will probably be no one to cover your shift and your manager will find ways to guilt you into coming in. Once the roster is set, your days off each week will change and most of the time you have no choice when you will be working.

One problem I had at the four stores I worked at, was that it was common to be forced to work overtime and then the roster would be changed to make it look like you hadn't. The store managers were doing this because there was often a lack of people, and a lot of work to be done. The area managers were pushing for no overtime to be done at all - the area managers are graded by senior management on overtime hours as a cost they must push down.

Advice to Senior Management – Aldi has a great culture, hard working staff and pays very well. But nearly every level of manager seems to be manipulating rosters or some kind of forms to meet unnecessary targets.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Fast paced, massive career opportunities, great pay and holidays. I've been working for Aldi for 12 months and I have been made a deputy manager after expressing my interest in becoming a manager. I am now hoping to get an assistant manager position in the next 12 months. The money is fantastic and so is the job. Honestly haven't got a bad word to say about the company.

Cons – I haven't got a single 'con' to write, the company is the best I've worked for.

Advice to Senior Management – There isn't a word of advice I could give to upper management. They are as committed and the store management and staff

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

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

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

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