Continued workload accumulation - Associate Buyer ALDI Employee Review

3.0
8 June 2024
Recommend
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Pros

great insurance, flexible schedule, hybrid schedule, good company core values

Cons

With new system transition we are now being asked to make other tasks our top priority instead our job. I handle more data entry & billing issues than I do focusing on my desk. Drastic disconnect on workload accumulation with new systems for ABs. Very strange system for hiring buying directors. While they come in with ALDI workplace history and knowledge it doesn’t translate into buying. I have to teach my director about my tasks/responsibilities as she has no understanding of what we do. I’m lucky that I really like my director and she has her strengths as a leader. However, the strategy utilized for hiring that position is very odd.

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5.0
12 June 2026
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Pros

Great pay Hours were always there The manager at my location is a rare gem. Never had a boss quite like him. Everyone I worked with became like my family.

Cons

EXTREMELY physically demanding. I injured myself multiple times while I worked there.

5.0
5 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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