ALDI reviews

It all seems to good to be true, a company that is willingto pay 80k right out of college for an executive position and has great benefits. Well guess what, it is. I still have nightmares about working here. The reason they go after college students and lure them in with such high pay is because they knowthat noone in their right mind who actually has executive experience would put up with the kind of treatment they subject you to. To summarize: Management is cruel and cold, and they will try to teach you to be that way as well. They run too high of productivities, making it physically impossible to do the job correctly. Its only a matter of time before you slip up on something, becasue there are only so many hours in the day. You don't have a sense of job security, you are never "off" as you will get calls all day, night and on the weekends. I worked 70+ hours a week, my peers and I where always worried about losing our jobs over circumstances that were out of our control, and overall the job is just miserable. In the 2 years I worked with Aldi, I saw 7 hardworking District Managers be fired, and over 10+ resign. Take my advice; don't work here. Don't give your 20's to this company. There is little upward movement anyway; find an entry level job you love with good upward movement and you'll most likely make just as much within 3-4 years, plus, you wont be miserable.

The company does not allow you scheduling requests. You are expected to be available from 5am-10pm every day. And you WILL be scheduled shifts that allow you less than 5 hours sleep. You are expected to load up on caffeine to get the done! Long hours in the freezer and cooler. Horrible food safety practices. As a rule, you never get a meal break. Legally mandated breaks are offered but managers are pressured to "fake" a break! The running joke.. A good ole "Aldi break" means you punch it into the computer timecard hours afterwards. If you do not take a break? The manager will manually edit your timecard the next day. If a manager thinks you stayed too late, they will sometimes "shave" your hours. This is because the store managers get bonuses that are affected by productivity metrics. It is extremely hard to advance beyond Store Manager. The company hires young, inexperienced college graduates for the district manager position. Some are eager, bright eyed and great to be around. They have a lot of pressure on them, so naturally they will give you lots of directives. But others are demeaning, abusive, and unrealistic. Salaries are uneven. Grandfathered employees make sometimes double what new recruits receive. New employees are LOCKED at 10.50/hr.(you will never get a raise). Bonuses DO NOT HAPPEN for non-GM's. Cultures and values? This company values PROFITS PROFITS PROFITS! Nothing more, nothing less. My next job will be in the public sector or at least in a non-privately held company. The company is succeeding on the strained backs of its lower level employees, while executives reap profits. Top level management is so culturally removed from the daily life at the stores... It's disgusting.