ALDI reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(14,646 total reviews)
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50% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ALDI has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 14,646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ALDI employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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4.0
Dec 15, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Easy to learn, yearly raises, and excellent benefits. Flexible schedules that never feel overwhelming (my GM would actually ask me what days I wanted off!)and leave lots of time for school/social life. Costumers only ever ask if you have an item or where an item is so you hardly have to interact with people. The ones you do interact with are very pleasant 99% of the time. After a while you memorize where each individual item is and can complete your portion of work in less than two hours. Afterward, you spend the rest of your shift organizing or helping others. Working trucks in the morning provide you with a free full-body workout so you can cancel your gym membership. Corporate works very closely with individual employees, you will be seen and heard if you end up at a good store. Lot's of opportunities to grow.

Cons

If unlucky or a little too reliable you'll end up working the deep freezer more often than you'd like. Working the meat section sometimes leaves you with meat condensation/blood-covered gloves. The smells of raw food get so bad I nearly turned vegan. You're going to do a lot of heavy lifting if you aren't the fastest and friendliest cashier in your store so if that's not your thing you're going to suffer. After a while, you might question what you're doing with your life as the job is extremely repetitive and easy if you don't move up.

4.0
Sep 13, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Physically demanding - Will keep you in shape 5am shifts mean clocking out at 1pm Fast paced environment Great starting pay - $15 / hour Always something to do, time goes by quickly Friendly coworkers Flexible hours Overall - Great job, great pay (as a college student), really enjoyable environment

Cons

Physically demanding - not for everybody, but I love it! 5am shifts mean waking up at 4am Stocking the freezer isn't meant for everybody either Being on register on busy days can become overbearing Will have to stock whole truck of groceries between 1 or 2 people Overall - Physically demanding, and rushed environment, and will take months to get used to, but it pays good money for an entry level grocery store job

4.0
Aug 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great pay, mostly daylight hours, great for highly neurotic, organized people who thrive on beating the clock and finding success at all costs.

Cons

Destroys your body, terrible work/life balance, your district manager is younger, cockier, and way less experienced than you and you constantly feel like you're on the chopping block because the workload is impossible, you're working with a skeleton crew and the store is never good enough.

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