Employees are totally dispensable to the business - Area Manager ALDI Employee Review

2.0
Jun 24, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Responsibility - Salary - Car & Fuel Card

Cons

- A blame culture - A culture of burnout where you are expected to devote your entire life to the business for little to no appreciation. - Very questionable management techniques. - A lack of focus on training often with trainees being used to by store management to simply improve their store KPIs. - Although completely out of the companies control it is worth noting that you will be taxed very heavily on your car and fuel card. - A requirement for you to move at the snap of their fingers, often with heavy relocation costs which the company does not contribute too. - The golden age of fast promotion has ended.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Great pay Hours were always there The manager at my location is a rare gem. Never had a boss quite like him. Everyone I worked with became like my family.

Cons

EXTREMELY physically demanding. I injured myself multiple times while I worked there.

5.0
Oct 5, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

+ industry leading wages Associates - $12/hr, Shift Mgr - $16/hr, SMT - $23/hr, Store Manager - $75,000+/yr + great work environment + excellent training + health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k + 40-50 hr/wk with paid overtime Very fast paced so work hours fly by. I loved working at Aldi. The pay was great! Benefits great! Was training to be a store manager so a lot was expected of me but I was totally up for it. My store manager loved my work, associates loved my fairness, customers loved me.

Cons

+ work/life balance + walked 28,000 steps/day!!! Never thought I would be fired for clocking in only minutes late!!

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