ALDI Shift Manager reviews

3.5

80% would recommend to a friend

(474 total reviews)
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40% approve of CEO

8% positive business outlook

Shift Manager employees have rated ALDI with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 474 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Shift Manager professionals have a good working experience there. ALDI is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Shift Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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474 reviews
3.0
Mar 17, 2010
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Pros

Fast paced environment, you will never get bored. Good pay. Good advancement opportunities from a cashier to a shift manager. Good work ethics. You will preform various duties from cleaning the restrooms to making orders. You will be fully responsible for running the store when you manager or MT are not there. If you like to be challanged it is a place for you.

Cons

There is not much advancement opportunity locally. To be promoted to an MT you need to be willing to take any store, which means you need to have open availability. You need to be willing to relocate if necessary. Raises are very low, considering the performance and requirments. I do not think raises are based on individual preformance. It does not matter if you bust your butt of or just sit back you will get the same raise, which is unjust. In some cases there is a lack of employee appreciation from the management, which creates an unhealthy environment and low work ethics(depending on a store manager).

1.0
Dec 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

the pay and benefits are really good.

Cons

there is no team effort. everyone is out for themselves. you can complain to anyone in charge and there is no change. you deal with the most irritating customers and are told you must satisfy them, which at times is impossible.

3.0
Apr 23, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Compared to most retail stores Aldi pays pretty well. The benefits are also great! You get one week vacation time and 4 personal days and 3 sick days every six months.

Cons

Aldi's is definitely a place where team work is important. If your crew is not good, you will suffer! As a shift manager the brunt of the work falls on your shoulders ( literally). This job is very physically demanding! When something in the store goes wrong it is the shift manager who is reprimanded. The cashiers are usually lazy and need to be pushed. The store managers feel there main job is to tell the shift manager to do everything except make the schedule. Be prepared to work many weekends! You will seldom get a Friday or Saturday night off!!! Most of the time your days off will be Tuesday and Thursday. You must request off atleast 3 weeks in advance or you will not get the day you need off. The store manager gives himself the best schedule. Generally Friday and Sunday off. They also predominantly open, and they are only required to close one night a week. As you can probably figure that is usually a Monday night. Therefore, the Shift manager gets stuck closing most of the time.

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