- Extremely limited room for growth although this is explained during the interview process. If you express a desire to grow into a leadership role with ALDI you will not move forward in the interview process. It’s an incredibly archaic way to run a business and truly makes no sense.
- This company has a very bizarre culture and structure. It’s extremly rigid, and there are a billion rules about who you can and cannot “talk” to based on your position. ALDI manages by the “rules” versus by what makes the most sense for the business.
- No flexibility to work from home (occasional work from home when sick is permitted for managers, but in general it is frowned upon). If you’re looking for a progressive culture, ALDI is not your place.
- You are just a number and you are replaceable, ALDI does not care about you or your potential. At the assistant level, you are a “worker bee” and that’s it.
- Zero perks besides pay and standard benefits. This isn’t a fun or engaging place to work. I think they do a winter and summer luncheon - but beyond that, there is no real development or employee engagement program nor do they do anything at all to make employees feel welcomed. It isn’t a fun place to work.
- Directors and above treat lower level employees/assistants as lesser beings. They often don’t attend birthday or baby celebrations and overall demonstrate a lack of caring about employees/they don’t feel the need to get to know their team on a deeper level because it is a constant revolving door.
