ALDI reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(14,631 total reviews)
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52% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ALDI has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 14,631 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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15K reviews
2.0
Oct 12, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The basic pay rate for a role like this is fairly decent and if you like to keep active there's plenty of heavy lifting and running involved,

Cons

You will get injured! Due to the constant physical activity of the job (we don't always sit at tills) and the lack of job rotation injuries happen a lot. Aldi will say that they'll look after you but they mostly try and cover themselves and will look for any reason to push the blame onto you. They expect free work! You're expected to be working 10 minutes before your shift (unpaid) and if you're on the close the likely hood is you're not leaving on time, if this happens they'll "forget" to pay you for your extra time even changing the time you clocked out manually. Terrible management style! It's more stick than carrot at Aldi, be prepared to grow thick skin. You're monitored on everything! From scan rate to how fast you put stock out. Failure to stick to their strict (and ludicrous) time schedule will result in recorded conversations with your managers. Back to back shifts! Until recently Aldi expected you on occasions for you to finish a night shift at 10:30/11pm and start a morning shift at 6am the following morning, this isn't just wrong it's dangerous. The job is very physical and you'll be using heavy machinery so with only 5 hours sleep (if you're lucky) accidents happen a lot!

3.0
Oct 3, 2016

Store Assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decent wage, with no real incentive to excel other than maybe a chance to apply for anoher role as wage increases are done by time rather than performance and effort.

Cons

Hard work that can be high pressure and mundane. Nothing too exciting and no great perks.

5.0
Sep 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company to work for . Good rates of pay. Close to my home. Friendly envioment with the store. Always had a good shopping experiance there myself whitch i would like to be part of

Cons

I cannot think of any .

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