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      3.4

      56% would recommend to a friend

      (14,597 total reviews)
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      Atty McGrath

      51% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

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      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      3.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.0

      Senior management

      ALDI has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 14,597 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
      Oct 16, 2014

      Horrible Leadership. Horrible Morale

      District manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The pay is great and you can learn a lot about yourself and your leadership style. This position really allows you to take on a lot of responsibility.

      Cons

      Management is hostile. I was being asked to treat store employees in a way that was not consistent with my values and morals. I understand that hard work is what makes a company profitable and successful, the other side of the spectrum, employee happiness and humanization, should never be ignored. I have worked in several office and field environments and I have never seen a company that values their employees less than this one. They hide behind a wall of great pay and benefits with good pay raises but in reality you can essentially kiss your work/life balance good bye. In order to be promoted you must be willing to move where the opportunity is, that may mean totally uprooting and moving several states away. My experience with management in the north east area was miserable. I am more highly educated (Masters degree) than most people that work for this company and have excellent work ethic but felt as though my contributions were never valued and even discouraged. Not only that but coming out of college, I was taught to use the latest technology available to create value for the company. Aldi is so far behind the times that email was just introduced last year and the CRM and ERP systems are the most archaic I have ever seen.. The combination of lack of experienced and humbled senior management and unwillingness to listen to employees to create a great work environment made this place unbearable and I dreaded work everyday. In meetings everyone is constantly on edge trying to one up the next person on professionalism and it makes the experience tense. Having been working at another company for a while, I can now see how rough the environment truly is at Aldi. The company I work for now is exponentially more profitable, has the same pay, better benefits, the people are friendly and team oriented and are willing to help you succeed. It shows that if you invest in your people in more ways than pay and benefits, you will be successful.

      2.0
      Oct 7, 2014

      If you are a recent college grad, run for the hills if you receive a job offer.

      District manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      The paycheck, free company car and PTO

      Cons

      You will be on-call 24-7. You will get calls at 2am because of a refrigeration break-down, burglary alarm etc. Your store managers will call you at 5am when their delivery hasn't arrived on-time and at 10pm when they are unable to alarm their store. Want to go see a movie or go out to dinner with your significant other? Expect to have multiple voicemail messages waiting for you after. This job requires almost zero brain power and you will only be a slave to the company. The daily menial tasks you have to give to your store managers are borderline embarrasing: "Can you clean your milk door"?, "Can you scrape the gum off the floor in the corner?" When hired, you will be painted a picture that if you work hard, you can become a director within 4 years. The only problem is, promotions are few and far between. And once you are in a director role, the job is a dead-end and almost as menial as the DM level. You think this is good job experience out of college and you want to try it for a few years and then springboard into something new? Think again. No one values the skills you learn at Aldi, because quite frankly, there aren't any.

      5.0
      May 1, 2018

      Fantastic Opportunity and Culture

      District manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I worked for Aldi for five years as a District Manager. The leadership was tough on our team, but taught us so much about how to get results and be the kind of leader that motivates their team for results. The training program is unmatched and offers in depth training workshops on understanding and impacting financials, personnel development, interviewing, and time management and planning. I started with Aldi right out of college and I certainly worked hard, but leadership encouraged me to work smarter not harder and showed us that when you put in the work and train your team, you're able to better manage your work/life balance. None of my fellow recent grads had anywhere close to the level of responsibility or reward in their new roles. It was extremely rewarding because they give you a lot of autonomy in decision making at a young age and you're able to learn from your mistakes. I can't thank Aldi enough for the time I spent there. It really shaped who I am as a professional today and what I expect from any organization moving forward.

      Cons

      I think some people see the fact that it is hard work as a con. But, I simply disagree. The work ethic and time management skills I learned here have made me successful today. I don't understand why anyone would expect to make the fantastic salary, have outstanding vacation and a company car without working hard in return.

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