ALDI reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(14,632 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 14,632 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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1.0
Apr 24, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Getting to go home and finally leaving If you want to loose weight work there

Cons

No safety wear issued your dragging out pallets with no safety boots, no googles when using bailer to protect eyes, no proper thick freezer gloves so would get freezer burn on your hands there was a shortage of gloves to wear when putting out stock so I was using gloves from previous employment some staff had paid for their own. Long hours you would be expected to stay over to get stock worked if the day was busy could be 12.30pm or even 4 and 5am then still be expected to do your shift the following day. Heavy work expected to work pallets with unrealistic times a bread pallet would have to be worked is less than 9 mins and 15 mins for the heavier pallets, as a manager you are constantly running around doing the heavy work load while staff are on the tills, micro managed the worse Iv ever experienced assistant store manager constantly on your back, sitting in the office watching staff on cctv then dragging them out the break room on the dot of their break finishing, standing at the tills watching how long it takes for staff to get off the till once’s they have finished with customers, no duty of care to staff, no return to work being done, if you injury yourself your doing your own first aid and no ones recording accidents. You can’t plan your life as rot-as aren’t done in advance. No safe and legal standards managers giving keys to under age staff to authorise alcohol sales without then having to come and do it. Some staff are paid more than the deputy store managers too

2.0
Apr 23, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Trying to find the pros... can’t see to come up with anything... you get a check perhaps?

Cons

Where do I begin. First off the company has unrealistic expectations on truck completion. Senior management (DMs and above) are recruited fresh out of college and don’t actually have any knowledge how the store operations work or daily hardships in store staff deal with. Their logistic process is also severely flawed as truck sometimes deliver very late rendering it impossible to complete before store open and the company is too lazy to invest in an overnight process. They are trying to open new stores but are aware that they have 0 talent to run these stores but they just want to remain in a reactive approach against LID’L which is eventually going to run them out of business. Benefits are Cigna but no one takes Cigna so good luck. Last but not least the training is mediocre. They would say that you were trained on something because you took an online module but they actually don’t have any staff to actually produce quality training. They also capitalize of a lower income community and not in the positive we are here to help you kind of way. They are going to fail and I just wouldn’t bother if I were you.

1.0
Dec 31, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Cons Definitely Outweigh Any Pros

Cons

Ineffective Leaders, Bottom of the Barrel Workforce, Dirty Work Areas and Mass Exodus of Talented Employees Don't Waste Your Time Working or Shopping at Aldi. They do not care about their employees, the communities they operate in or their customers. I was present at the warehouse when a mid-aged, long-term cleaner there had a heart attack & died in the cooler area of the warehouse a few months ago. A go-fund-me page was set up for the family & the only contributors were hard working selectors. Greedy Aldi Warehouse Management did not give a dime. And selectors had to keep up the pace, while this man died. What does that say about this company & its management? You can save a few pennies here, but there is such a thing as a corporation that is too big & has a monopoly of the market. Americans should shop at American run companies & keep their dollars in the USA. Not in early 20th century atmosphere Germany. Shame on the long-time management here for how they treat people. Karma will intervene eventually.

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