ALDI reviews

Management was never on the same page. Someone would not order items and take it out on employees. Managers (one in question at my store) wouldn't work during their shift and instead would constantly sit in the office for hours talking on their personal cell phone. This is hard especially when you are the only other employee in the store working, usually meaning we get out of the store extremely late. Always was called on my day off to work and if I couldn't work that day due to appointments I had scheduled around days I worked I would be called into the office and told I wasn't a "team player" because I couldn't come in that day due to a doctors appointment I had requested off weeks earlier. Pay was GREAT but working with people at that store have been the worst co-workers I've ever worked with. I had put in requests to transfer to stores closer to my home and they would always be ignored. New DM's come into the store during training and pretty much look at you like you are not intelligent.

Often unreasonable expectations, extremely limited staffing hours compromise safety especially in high crime areas like city stores. You will not be backed by sr mgmnt even when a customer threatens or harms you, they view all incidents with customers soley your fault. You will work more than the expected hours that you get paid for and call outs become your shift yet no comp time is ever given for these overages. As a mgr it is hard to work a shorter shift to accomodate Dr appts or school appts, they expect min 10 hr shift each day with limited flexability for needed appts. No PTO all your vacation time or sick time must be used in full day increments so if you work a partial day and get sick your SOL and forced to use a sick day even tho you may have worked near a full shift. Vacation must be taken Mon-Sun because it is easier for Aldi's ancient HR systems.