Pros
Aldi will provide cashiers above standard pay and decent benefits. Opportunity to grow within the store, somewhat. Insurance is a great benefit. It is quite cheap when compared to other companies.
Cons
As a Shift Manager you are only paid more when you are scheduled as a manager. Therefore, you receive cashier pay when you are not a manager, which is usually one or two shifts a week. Shift managers are used as cost saving measures, not as a valued member of the team. Most District Managers are right out of college with little or no experience. Opportunities past Store Manager position are non-existent. If you are seeking a place that provides you with opportunity to grow, look else where. The company rarely, if ever, promotes past Store Manager. They hire from the outside for pretty much everything past Store Manager. Opportunities are not something the company specializes in. Work-balance life is chaotic. Often work long hours, with little help. Typical store only has about 8-12 associates, resulting in much of the work you perform being strenuous and fast paced. Company is afraid of change. For instance, it was only one year ago that stores began purchasing automated time-clocks. Punching in before required a time card and a puncher. While the company has changed, it is a long drawn out process that takes ages to complete. As the company has grown, little has change except company revenue. There is little reinvestment back into the organization at the store level. Which is unfortunate, as the stores are the only aspect of the organization that generates revenue. I could continue, but you get the general idea. Working for Aldi is not horrible, perhaps I made it seem that way. However, it is an environment that does not encourage opportunity or fair pay for managers, especially shift managers. The company will always remain good, but never great. They are simply too afraid of change and too eager to keep presenting fluffy figures to the Presidents.