Exhausting, frustrating at times, good pay, no work/home balance - Manager ALDI Employee Review

3.0
28 Dec 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Pay, Holidays off, Limited late shifts with exception to inventories and company installations overnight. Depending on DM can be honest and reasonable work expectations, however they always expect more than one mgr can acheive with limited staff. I currently have a DM I work well with and a fair Director both give feedback. We are a new division, with a lot of experience from old division we bracnched from so support comes from sr str mgrs.

Cons

Often unreasonable expectations, extremely limited staffing hours compromise safety especially in high crime areas like city stores. You will not be backed by sr mgmnt even when a customer threatens or harms you, they view all incidents with customers soley your fault. You will work more than the expected hours that you get paid for and call outs become your shift yet no comp time is ever given for these overages. As a mgr it is hard to work a shorter shift to accomodate Dr appts or school appts, they expect min 10 hr shift each day with limited flexability for needed appts. No PTO all your vacation time or sick time must be used in full day increments so if you work a partial day and get sick your SOL and forced to use a sick day even tho you may have worked near a full shift. Vacation must be taken Mon-Sun because it is easier for Aldi's ancient HR systems.

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Cons

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5.0
5 Oct 2016
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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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