Is ALDI a good company to work for as a Retail Store Associate?

Retail Store Associate professionals working at ALDI have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 230 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of ALDI employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Retail Store Associate Jobs at ALDI now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Retail Store Associate interview questions at ALDI .

Does ALDI pay Retail Store Associate employees well?

Retail Store Associate professionals rate their compensation and benefits at ALDI with 3.3 out of 5 stars based on 230 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.9% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Retail Store Associate salaries at ALDI.

What are the top reviewed jobs at ALDI?

Store Assistant (1755) , Store Associate (777) , Store Manager (724) , Cashier (636) , Associate (619) , Shift Manager (475) , Assistant Manager (473) , District Manager (444) , Sales Associate (431) , Deputy Manager (330) , Sales Associate/Cashier (328) , Warehouse Associate (242) , Assistant Store Manager (241) , Manager (230) , Sales Assistant (214)

What are the pros of working at ALDI according to real employee reviews?

"You have good pay which is decent and also get to interact and learn how ti use some equipment" ((in 3334 reviews)); "The benefits are good if you are willing to work your behind off for them." ((in 1145 reviews)); "The people I worked with were really great and made the environment much better to work in." ((in 429 reviews)); "Salary was good but not worth it" ((in 401 reviews)); "great team and always busy" ((in 273 reviews))

What are the cons of working at ALDI according to real employee reviews?

"treated quite poorly by Managers and made to work long hours sometimes up to 12 hours" ((in 787 reviews)); "No work life balance Very physical No permanent day off Need to be available 7 day as week" ((in 778 reviews)); "Poor management and lack of care by employees on running things efficiently" ((in 725 reviews)); "District managers have extremely high turnover so you wind up having multiple district managers all the time." ((in 406 reviews)); "District Managers are hired from outside the company with little to no experience as opposed to being promoted from within the stores." ((in 182 reviews))

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ALDI Retail Store Associate reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(230 total reviews)

Atty McGrath

Not enough data to show CEO approval

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Career opportunities

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Senior management

Retail Store Associate employees have rated ALDI with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 230 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Retail Store Associate professionals have a good working experience there. ALDI is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Retail Store Associate professionals compared to other employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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230 reviews

2.0

Jul 16, 2019

Used to be good.

Retail store assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Highest paying entry level retail position.

Cons

Horrendous work patterns. Zero support from management and head office. Bad work life balance

1.0

Jun 30, 2019

Nice people, terrible ethos

Retail store assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice staff who understand the (unrealistic)!demands of the job.

Cons

Encouraged to give terrible customer service Ridiculous cost cutting measures which make job unnecessarily difficult to perform Lack of staff eg three staff per shift. Long hours whether you want them or not No say in whether you can do overtime or not.

5.0

Jun 14, 2019

Great company

Retail store assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Hours , pay ,

Cons

Late finish early starts none

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