ALDI reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(14,665 total reviews)
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50% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ALDI has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 14,665 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ALDI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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15K reviews
2.0
Jul 18, 2021
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Pros

Salary is decent and I worked with some amazing people

Cons

- Physically demanding - Not very mentally stimulating. A lot of responsibility and tasks are being centralised and taking the administration side of the business out of the stores - Out dated technology in stores - Focus on efficiency to the point where every minute of time has been dedicated to a task, leaving zero room for the unexpected or even time to help a customer - Poor perks and rewards - Head office decisions are seemingly made with lack of understanding of stores.

1.0
Jul 12, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The pay was great almost $70k yearly.

Cons

Extremely biased towards promoting from within. Once you reach store management, thats your ceiling for the rest of your career. Their hiring process for district managers is very one sided. They primarily hire students straight out of NC state with little to no work experience and put them in charge of entire districts of Employees as leaders. They may consider you if you've gone to UNC or Duke or another big name school but if not those schools...Don't waste your time applying. The work/life balance is non existent because you'll only have 8-19 Employees on staff and if one (or three lol) of those people call out..Get ready for a Great week! You'll be micro manage to the bone by your DM because they will be in your store twice a week if you're doing good...more often if the store not up to par. My time spent with this company was 2 years and my job was constantly threatened at every turn.

1.0
Jun 13, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

None the work culture is honestly the worst I’ve ever seen

Cons

Miserable and exhausted staff Horrible management culture Literally exhausted with aching body after every shift Made for feel like an inconvenience because you get paid - it’s all about them “ not being able to pay your hours” Expected to stay late and have shifts changed a day before Must put in all your holidays in January or the manager chooses for you Tesco/asda etc pay only slightly less and treat staff much better Next time you’re in aldi take note of how unhappy the staff are they deserve a medal not poverty wages

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