ALDI reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(14,621 total reviews)
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Atty McGrath

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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15K reviews
2.0
May 22, 2015
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Pros

Great pay and benefits. keeps you busy

Cons

Overwork employees. Expect far too much than humanely possible without proper training. Even when weekly displays required two person liftings they would only allow one person who acted as manager, display setter, and cashier as well as keeping up with floor by themselves and then higher management would constantly put down employees and managers even if they didn't notice the tiny piece of squished gum on the floor in aisle two. employees are also responsible for deep cleaning the store because the company wants to save money by not hiring cleaning crew. I understand the pay is great but to ask as much as they do in the allotted time is completely crazy and many employees become injured or sick from working so much. there is also little to no compassion for employees who have family emergencies. I.e my son was hospitalized and having surgery and while I was in the hospital with him my phone would not stop ringing from my manager and district manager telling me that there was no one to take my shifts and I needed to come in. Also store manager is the highest position to earn in the company Once you start as cashier.

3.0
Mar 23, 2015

Long Hours, expect perfection

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Pros

Great pay and benefits. The job can be rewarding at times to know just how much you manage at such a young age. The experience is great and you will earn a lot to take to another job. You will find out in a few years time if you're made for the Aldi way, if not do yourself a favor and move on to a more balanced business model.

Cons

Work life balance does not exist as a District Manager. Between traveling around to stores, corporate meetings and being on call 24/7 the stress can start to add up. Depending on the strength of other DM's in your area and also the community of potential employees to pull associates- hiring for stores can be the most time consuming and worst part of the job.

1.0
Mar 10, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is good if you are a store manager or manager trainee...otherwise the $12 an hour wage for the cashier position is not worth all of the manual labor.

Cons

The nice pay is not worth the sheer hell this company puts its employees through! You are ALWAYS understaffed and expected to do the job of several employees. You are never given any positive feedback and no matter how hard you work it's never good enough. Upper mgmt allows other employees to harass and mistreat new employees and does nothing about it other than tell you "it's a tough training program". Worse workplace harassment I have ever dealt with. I'm shocked they aren't being sued left and right for a hostile work environment!

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