ALDI reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(14,621 total reviews)
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52% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ALDI has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 14,621 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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2.0
Dec 5, 2016

Yes and no.......

Recommend
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Pros

cheap benefits, decent starting wage- overpaid for a cashier but underpaid for stocking work.

Cons

lots of cons- unappreciative management, backbreaking stocking work for pay. Way too many upper managers. District managers have only two or three stores. 3 operations managers in a division. 4 presidents of the company. And they expect you to run a million dollar a month store with three people on a shift. front lines need more help as opposed to the underworked overpaid upper management. Unrealistic expectations lead to the Wells Fargo effect where corners are cut and quality suffers. You are under so much pressure to put out product that employees dont rotate properly-- new produce being thrown on top of old produce, etc. they want you to ring up so fast that product is getting damaged and going the extra mile for, say, and elderly person is frowned upon because your ring time is too slow. They dangle shift manager pay when you are hired but you only get that pay when the manager isnt there and there are sometimes 3 or 4 shift managers already on staff ahead of you.

4.0
Oct 3, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I was just hired and am going through training. It's a lot of work, so the work day flies by. The company places value in fairness , and seems to really care for its employees.

Cons

Upon hiring, you are required to attend a welcome day. It was awesome to be set up with a free hotel room, but the two hour travel is a slight inconvenience. As well as traveling to a different city 45 minutes away to train.

2.0
Jul 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, good progression for those willing to work 60+ hours a week with no complaints, can travel across country

Cons

Was told it would be no more than 48hours when joined, any work you work over that would be paid back in time back. Worked a minimum of 55 hours every week and never seen any time back or extra pay. when I Left owed over 100 hours and didn't see any extra. Be prepared to work endless hours for the pay you earn. very much a culture of don't leave until everythings finshed. Countless shifts from 11am to 2,3am to be back in at 6 next morning

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