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ALDI | 2016-11-10 | Deputy Store Manager | Current Employee | Dunkirk, England, England | 5 | 4 | 4 | null | 4 | 4 | 4 | v | r | v | Eyes from a Deputy Stores Manager | Learning the ropes of effective teamwork, management and timekeeping skills.
Aldi is a company who pays above average, but they want the best of the best. your personal selling point must be that you want to consistently better yourself, currently i love timing myself on certain activities (working produce) racing others to get the job done and revisiting this on a daily basis, i want to work hard to show i am better than the rest.
if you see it as a job, you will find it hard. challenge yourself. get out of your comfort zone
never a dull moment | The company expects a lot, but it is completely achievable if you are ready for it. (work rates)
Sure i can't work chiller as fast as lets say the fastest in the store, but i certainly can hold my pace. |
ALDI | 2016-11-19 | Driver | Current Employee, more than 8 years | Neston, North West England, England, England | 2 | 3 | 1 | null | 2 | 4 | 2 | x | o | v | Mixed messages in transport | Good equipment good hours good pay. | Management styles are inconsistent. I'm transport a long standing leader on days rules by bullying and intimidating. He has no interest in his staff and dismisses their concerns Poor leadership skills see him shout swear and sulk when he doesnt get his own way. 2 new leaders haven't been jaded yet but give it time and no doubt they will follow |
ALDI | 2016-11-26 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Stockton-on-Tees, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 2 | 1 | x | x | r | No opportunities to progress | Good hourly rate for retail. £10 per hour after 3 years.
Variety of shifts, early, late, middle shifts.
Generally good team spirit in store | There is no reward for being a committed and hard working member of staff.
Promotions are given solely on favouritism and apprentices are brought in for promoted positions rather than the hard working, long serving staff with years of experience.
Area managers are brought into the company straight from university and with no retail experience or knowledge of how to speak to colleagues. They only see the high salary and luxury company car.
Shifts and working hours are reduced and changed with no notice and when hours are reduced, staff are penalised for taking a second job. |
ALDI | 2016-11-28 | Hgv Driver | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Cardiff, Wales, Wales | 3 | 3 | 2 | null | 3 | 2 | 3 | x | r | x | Hgv,1 driver | Good fleet and friendly management. Decent working conditions with good canteen and free drinks | Wages wasn't what I was promised in interview. Shop warehouse to full and nowhere to put the new stock. |
ALDI | 2016-12-08 | Area Manager | Former Employee, more than 3 years | Crosby, Merseyside, North West England, England, England | 3 | 1 | 2 | null | 5 | 5 | 3 | x | r | v | Area Manager | Money and the level of responsibility are the real benefits.
Whether or not your work environment is largely dependent on the people around you. | Militaristic management approach imparted by many.
Long work hours 60+ week.
Some unbearable sociopaths in Director positions. |
ALDI | 2016-12-16 | Warehouse Picker | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Neston, North West England, England, England | 3 | 3 | 2 | null | 4 | 2 | 3 | o | o | o | Good money, short shifts, hard work | Good manual job working wage, short shift patterns, early mornings mean early finishes. Job can lead to higher positions very quickly based on performance and attendance. | Early mornings can mean 4 am starts, high hourly pick rate of 300 cases, very repetative job. very little time to socialise with other staff. No customer interaction whatsoever. |
ALDI | 2016-12-20 | Project Coordinator | Former Employee | London, England, England | 3 | 3 | 3 | null | 3 | 4 | 3 | v | v | v | Project coordinator | - Good atmosphere in the office | - Bad climate when travelling somewhere |
ALDI | 2017-01-03 | Deputy Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Best job I ever had(have)😀 | Fair good working conditions clearly highlighted job description with guidelines and loads of help from seniors fun to work with them | Honestly can't think of anything right now all ur problems can be solved by talking to the management which is understanding and do anything for u so u can feel better and work better |
ALDI | 2017-01-10 | Hgv Driver | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Bolton, England, England | 4 | 3 | 2 | null | 2 | 3 | 1 | x | r | r | Aldi UK working Conditions | Good rate of pay, new vehicles and trailers, new RDC with canteen facilities, regular uniform replacement | Poor communication from management, who take decisions then ask staff if they agree with them.
Promoting staff that fail the inhouse online selection process because management they deserve it. |
ALDI | 2017-01-12 | Anonymous Employee | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Atherstone, England, England | 2 | 3 | 3 | null | 2 | 4 | 2 | x | o | v | OK but limiting | Good Salary and benefits for the length of service.
Head Office in Atherstone is great in terms of the surroundings, makes you want to be there as the facilities provided are good!
Different departments within the building at head office dont mix and it is an unspoken rule that you dont mix. | No autonomy in the role, very limiting on what you can do.
Very rigid processes and no room to use your own initiative despite what they say in job spec's and interviews.
No room for career progression, if you are taken on at Assistant Level you could not progress to Manager level. That only happens if you are brought in to do their Graduate Scheme.
Management are very removed from staff, they all sit in offices (mostly behind closed doors), they have lunch in a separate kitchen and dont mix with staff only at the Christmas function. |
ALDI | 2017-01-12 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Leighton Buzzard, England, England | 5 | 3 | 5 | null | 4 | 3 | 4 | v | v | v | Great employer hard work for great pay | Awesome pay it's the best in the industry currently | Extremely varied working hours. Meaning you have to be fully flexible for any day anytime to get a job. |
ALDI | 2017-01-15 | Customer Service | Former Employee | London, England, England | 4 | 3 | 3 | null | 4 | 4 | 3 | v | v | v | aldi cust service | flex time part time or full | the team work is bad sometimes |
ALDI | 2017-01-15 | Customer Service | Former Employee | Swindon, Wiltshire, South West England, England, England | 4 | 4 | 4 | null | 4 | 3 | 4 | v | r | v | Customer servjce | A good company who look after their staff and expect a fair days work for a fair days pay. We hard a clean as you go policy which had many benefits. | Job could be tedious at times especially if stuck in a department with people who have no communication skills |
ALDI | 2017-01-16 | Deputy Store Manager | Former Employee, more than 5 years | Irvine, Scotland, Scotland | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 3 | 5 | 5 | v | r | v | You either have it or don't | Pay, constantly on the go, every day is different, staff, management, holiday pay, great customers. | Not enough positions to go from deputy store manager to assistant manager in Ayrshire, too many apprentices |
ALDI | 2017-01-24 | Driver | Former Employee, less than 1 year | Bolton, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Excellent | Wages are excellent however you do have to work for them. Workers are friendly and helpful. Can't fault them really. | None. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
ALDI | 2017-01-30 | Assistant Buyer | Former Employee | Atherstone, England, England | 4 | 5 | 4 | null | 1 | 3 | 5 | v | o | v | Assistant Buyer | Excellent induction/training as well as pushing you to learn more and be more knowledgeable in your job.
Great amount of responsibilities given straight away
Independent work but support is available | Unfortunately, there is no room for progression |
ALDI | 2017-01-31 | NIT Specialist | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Tamworth, England, England | 3 | 3 | 1 | null | 2 | 3 | 1 | x | v | v | Ambitious but way behind the times | Training provided, the team are fantastic, good coffee machine, healthy snacks and biscuits available. | No chance for progression unless you suck up to management and become a yes man. At the time there was a clean shaven policy, even though the role is not customer facing. Too much office politics going on, and childish behaviour from directors. Lots of rules set, but not applied to everyone. |
ALDI | 2017-02-07 | Stock Assistant | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Cramlington, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | Pressure pressure pressure | Can make good friends, you WILL lose weight... | Work for nothing, holiday pay taken back off you via "September (example) adjustment, management Do adjust your clocking in/out to suit THEM, so you lose money, increasing pressure, very little or no weekends off, rotas changed without notice (it's YOUR fault..Never theirs) your told to "push push push" the new staff, "really push em, don't let up"...Even tho not your job, money is good hourly rate but APPALLING monthly rate, (work 100 hours get paid 86.5), warehouse stinks of rotting veg/fruit, they don't care about you and are all institutionalised to worship aldi. Your expected to get 17 pallets of stock out in 4 hours or less in my store,if you fail on anything,your given a white slip, detailing what you did wrong, and have to report to the area manager to "explain yourself", very petty. Management have zero respect, no interpersonal skills, and you will want to leave asap.....They no longer hirestock assistants as so many leave across the country it isn't feasable to hire them anymore!!! Till operators suffer the worse.... |
ALDI | 2017-02-15 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Nottingham, England, England | 1 | 5 | 1 | null | 2 | 1 | 1 | x | x | r | Avoid at all costs | By far the best diet I've ever been on, often had to rinse my underpants after a night shift, nice staff but don't get to close as no one stops there very long | Work at least 1 hour free per day, expected to unload 18 pallets in 4 hours, Rota changed without notice, check your pay I once received £2.32 for a month |
ALDI | 2017-02-17 | Corporate Buying Assistant | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Atherstone, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | r | v | The Best Job I have Ever Had | Everyone is lovely, from colleagues to leaders
Great work-life balance
Suppliers are fairly treated
Business updates are frequent and honest
Incredibly capable colleagues
Great facilities and buildings to work in | Degree requirement for all managers |
ALDI | 2017-02-24 | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Coventry, England, England | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 1 | 1 | o | o | o | store assistant | Good hourly payment but less hours. Is a good job for students | Is a hard working retail job |
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ALDI | 2017-02-26 | Driver | Former Employee | Bolton, England, England | 2 | 4 | 2 | null | 1 | 2 | 1 | x | x | o | hgv driver | wage,4 weeks full sick payment | Poor unfriendly managment,no use of canteen during working hours (except formal break) your holiday depends on managment.To fulfil basic contract hours drivers have to work additional shifts (red days).Managment is in full control of drivers hours so if you do too many You will be send home after 4-6 hours next day,Overtime hours are paid as standard hours so no overtime rate!(except bank holidays 1.5).Too many weekends and bank holiday work.First year drivers working for peanuts |
ALDI | 2017-03-06 | Store Assistant | Current Employee | Glasgow, Scotland, Scotland | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Hard graft | Hard work
Great pay
Great staff
Work life balance
Chances of climbing within the company | Store is really over staffed so not a lot of hours going till staff transfer to other stores |
ALDI | 2017-03-22 | Anonymous Employee | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Aylesbury, England, England | 5 | 4 | 5 | null | 2 | 5 | 5 | v | o | v | Great Company To Work For | Market Leading Pay
Challenging but fun work environment
Never a dull moment | Difficult to progress beyond store manager |
ALDI | 2017-03-25 | Selector | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Bolton, England, England | 3 | 4 | 1 | null | 2 | 3 | null | v | o | v | warehouse selector nights | Good pay,flexible working hours.good training lots of benefits. | Should do minimum 40 hrs contracts for those who want hours, |
ALDI | 2017-04-02 | Deputy Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Bristol, England, England | 5 | 3 | 5 | null | 3 | 2 | 5 | v | v | v | Deputy Store manager | If you get a great time the job is lovely, it's hard work however it's sort of different every day if you know what I mean. | It depends on the store, if you get experienced co-workers that makes your job so much easier and you can easily run the store without any worries . |
ALDI | 2017-04-22 | Current Employee | Berwick-Upon-Tweed, England, England | 5 | 2 | 4 | null | 3 | 2 | 5 | v | r | v | Hard work | good team ethics across the board, if you have the right work ethic you are sorted, aslong as your team has it aswel.
rewarding
enjoyable
fast paced
intense | long hours
not alot of flexability |
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ALDI | 2017-04-24 | Deputy Manager | Former Employee, more than 3 years | Manchester, England, England | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 3 | 1 | x | r | v | One rule for one and one for another | Good pay, if you get the hours that is. Other staff members are decent to work with.
The customers are loyal and get to build a friendship with the regulars. | Management have trust issues.
Under valued by senior management
Female members of staff are favoured by management and seem to get away with a lot more then male members of staff. |
ALDI | 2017-04-25 | IT Specialist | Former Employee | Leicester, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | Horrible experience | NO PROS WHATSOEVER EXPECT SLAVE LABOUR LIKE WORK NO FUN IN THE JOB BULLIED TO DO WORK, THREATEND WITH WARNINGS HORRIBLE HORRBILE PLACE | Worked at Aldi for 3 months. Be warned its horrible job. it Is heavily demanding with time limits on stacking products and heavy lifting is required A LOT, if you don't meet target times you will be insulted by the managers and threatened to loose your job if you don't work harder. When you are on the tills you are still expected to do pallets on shop floor, (Veg, Meat) if not they will not let you go home until you do, also you do not get paid for the extra 15/20 minutes you have to work extra, which is a normal day to day thing. I would notice managers ignoring me when I would call them and would show arrogance and be annoyed when I did need them. For example to give a customer a refund. Be warned it may look like an appealing job but your better off being a janitor. The work they expect is ridiculous, after training I was told by the manager I am working too slow, I explained I had just finished training but that wasn't good enough. Managers would have a laugh with each other but when I store assitant talks, even for a minute the manager would be on your case saying get back to it. Not to mention you only get 30 min break on a 10 hour shift. It may sound harsh but that's the reality for working for this sh!tty company. As a customer they would think otherwise as your trained to be polite and act interested in what they are saying. I hate Aldi after my experience there and only hope the worse for your company. |
ALDI | 2017-04-27 | Area Manager | Former Employee, more than 1 year | London, England, England | 3 | 1 | 2 | null | 4 | 4 | 3 | x | o | v | Area Manager | Serious responsibility, unparalleled learning experience. Great car. Good pay | Normal to do 70 hour weeks. Life outside work goes on hold if you want to perform in the SE stores. Management not inspiring |
ALDI | 2017-04-29 | Warehouse Operative | Current Employee, less than 1 year | London, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Retail | Great team. Established company. Great value | 24 hour operation. More staff needed |
ALDI | 2017-05-01 | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Atherstone, England, England | 2 | 4 | 2 | null | 1 | 2 | 2 | x | o | v | Aldi UK | Good salary, good work-life balance (ideal if you have a family). | Hardly any room for progression at Head Office. |
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ALDI | 2017-05-02 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Birmingham, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Brilliant Company! | Working as a team
Management listen to you when you have an issue
Friendly staff, lots of banter on job
Professional
Great pay
Amazing benefits
28 days holiday even if part time - only on 10 hour contract
Fast pace work, always something to do
Lots of room for progression | Early starts, late finishes
Can be repetitive |
ALDI | 2017-05-09 | Store Assistant | Former Employee | West Drayton, London, England, England | 2 | 3 | 4 | null | 2 | 4 | 1 | x | r | r | Poor Management | Employees were friendly and pay was great. | No consistency from managers, too much hypocrisy from management. |
ALDI | 2017-06-06 | Director | Current Employee | Birmingham, England, England | 4 | 3 | 3 | null | 3 | 4 | 2 | o | o | o | Well paid & good conditions | Money. Conditions. Lines of responsibility respected | Slow to make decisions
Insular
Very limited options once you make Director |
ALDI | 2017-06-13 | Delivery Driver Or Assitent Warehouse | Current Employee, less than 1 year | London, England, England | 4 | 5 | 3 | null | 5 | 4 | 4 | v | o | r | driver delivery | I know Aldi from Portugal I am a frequent customer I like the products I like the service seems to have a good work environment both individually and as a team | In Portugal I had little chance of being selected or even going to an interview because I am 51 years old and there look a lot for the age and not for the abilities experience and qualities |
ALDI | 2017-06-18 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Royal Leamington Spa, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | What's it like working for Aldi in 2017?. | I would say that you have alot of banter, There's always alot of things to do. Ihad alot of issues before going into this job and I have now started to get my life back on track thanks to my managers. If you put in the hard work they will reward you.When I first started they put me on early shifts starting at 6am till 2pm. I am not a early person so it was difficult but soon as I showedthem what I was worth they have me later shifts and to this day work around the hours I can do. I couldn't recommend this job enough. If you want to get the best out of retail then Aldi is for you!. | There can be alot of bad customers but Aldi give you the right training to over come that. |
ALDI | 2017-06-22 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Bristol, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 2 | 1 | x | r | x | No progression - Personal or professional | Good people to work with. Everyone is in the same boat at store assisstant level and below. Everyone has a good understanding with each other and the stresses of the job.
Good pay in regards to supermarket wage (not in the grand scheme of things) | Really unsociable hours.
management team lack any motivational skills.
absolutely no opportunity for career progression unless you lick the manager's bottoms. They don't care how good you are at the job just if you like to have a pint with them after the shift.
Head office and especially payroll are seriously incompetent. On numerous occasions they messed up pay and took weeks to sort it out, WEEKS!
If you don't want to challenge yourself in any aspect then this job is for you. Same thing everyday and zero sense of achievement. |
ALDI | 2017-06-26 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Poynton, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | o | o | o | store assistant | lovely staff, nice and busy, enjoy talking to custamers | can be stressful when really busy |
ALDI | 2017-07-05 | Day Selector | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Atherstone, England, England | 5 | 3 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Good quality induction and training. | The salary is good but you are expected to work hard which is understandable.
Good team of people there.
Management very open and have good approach.
It's a growing company so you need to adapt around the work and hours.
Perks àre good canteen subsidised and good selection of food and drinks. | The only downside if that is what you could call it is you never no your finish time so it makes it difficult to plan private life v work life balance. |
ALDI | 2017-07-09 | Aldi | Former Employee, less than 1 year | Clacton-on-Sea, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | x | v | v | Good | Great store brilliant team good wages long hours lots of room for extending , 25 hour contract so always had that amount of hours no less | Nothing was wrong with this job |
ALDI | 2017-07-09 | Customer Assistant | Current Employee, less than 1 year | London, England, England | 3 | 3 | 4 | null | 3 | 4 | 3 | v | r | v | want the hours, am fully flexible yet consistently under 40 hours a week | pay is above minimum wage and London living wage. | Signed up to a 25 hour contract on a fully flex basis so would be available for any shift day or night week or weekend however unless you become a deputy manager you're unlikely to get more than 35 hours a week and there is a stipulation in the contract that makes it almost impossible to get more than 40 hours a week. |
ALDI | 2017-07-13 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Leeds, England, England | 3 | 1 | 1 | null | 3 | 2 | 3 | x | r | x | Stressful, repetitive but ultimately well paid. | Well paid for those wanting part time hours | Work life balance is atrocious
Repetitive , growth means the role is becoming more so
More health and safety in regards to strain on the body |
ALDI | 2017-07-25 | Assistant Manager | Current Employee, more than 8 years | Winchester, England, England | 4 | 2 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | r | v | Assistant Manager | Best salary in retail. Hard but rewarding work. Progression definitely an option if you are willing to put in the time and effort. Small teams mean you will get to know everyone and make friends easily. No two days are the same and always lots to do. Great company values and business model. Very rewarding- what you put in is what you get out! | Focus on hitting targets is very high and resources minimal. This allows the company to be incredibly efficient but if things go wrong, or management is not working effectively, ALDI can be a messy, frustrating and stressful place to work. As a result, personnel management is often overlooked and you are likely to find yourself frustrated by lack of training, mentoring or general feedback. Professional development will be mostly down to yourself, don't expect too much help. Also be prepared to put up with politics and preferential treatment. Of course, this mostly depends on the management in store but after 10 years and 6 different stores, these are common issues I have faced or heard about from colleagues. |
ALDI | 2017-07-28 | Assistant Store Manager | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Chelmsford, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 2 | 2 | o | o | v | Assistant Manager | Good starting salary - 32k for inside M25, growing number of locations, friendly head office team, some great store colleagues | Promise of good work/life balance is quickly removed, lack of inspiring leadership, no motivating factors other than money, ruthless line management, no time to complete your training, little focus on colleague engagement, under-performing colleagues not dealt with due to strict turnover targets, dirty stores, no focus on store service, no way to escalate customer feedback, lacking a people approach. |
ALDI | 2017-08-01 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Eastbourne, England, England | 5 | 3 | 3 | null | 3 | 4 | 3 | x | r | r | deputy manager | the paid is very good | no organisation cannot plan ahead |
ALDI | 2017-08-05 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee | Stockport, England, England | 4 | 3 | 4 | null | 2 | 4 | 4 | v | v | r | Good,but... | Good pay after 3 years of service but thats about it it is a hard work for that money | No further prospects company seems to be employing externally rather than promoting with in |
ALDI | 2017-08-09 | Store Assistant | Former Employee | Birmingham, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 3 | 1 | x | r | x | Zero respect | Great pay
Some staff were friendly | Promised promotions that never happen
NO career progression.
Management have no respect for there teams
Made to sit on tills for hours without a break. |
ALDI | 2017-08-26 | Assistant Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland | 4 | 3 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 4 | v | v | v | Rewarding | Great pay, friendly teams and always plenty to get on with.
No two days are the same, and every day flies by.
Work can be tough, and some weeks can be very long, but it's hugely satisfying and if you're willing to work hard the rewards are endless. | Shift patterns can some times be erratic, and occasionally you feel you get little time at home. |
ALDI | 2017-08-26 | Store Associate | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Corby, Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England, England | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 3 | 1 | x | x | r | Burnt out , no respect, stupid hours, no social life | If you're extremely hardworking and determined enough to rise above too many cooks who think they're in charge then it's ok | - pay never correct
- always accusations of staff thefts, they will search your car and bag etc
- always told to do something by one member of staff and then something completely different five minutes later, then the original manager who asked you to do the first task will get you in trouble for not doing that one.
- 10 hour stints on a till with no let off, not enough time for a toilet break!
- bullying culture
- basic health and safety frequently ignored because it is physically impossible to get the job done properly if all rules are followed
- you will need to stay longer than your shift time even if you've just done 11 hours
- the longer you do this job the more chance that you WILL get injuries, either hands, elbows, knees and feet are all pretty normal |
ALDI | 2017-08-28 | Shop Assistant | Former Employee | Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland | 1 | 2 | 1 | null | 2 | 2 | 1 | o | o | o | Modern day slavery at its best | I could say the hourly salary, but believe me: it is not worth the stress and humiliation | working at the cash desk is a true nightmare: no drinks allowed (not even water!) even if you have to stay there for 5 hours straight; no space next to the till in order to force the customers to THROW the items inside their trolley/basket themselves and as fast as possible; you have a target in terms of number of items scanned per minute and the receipts do not even show the change (so if you mess it up because you are working like a pinball, that will stay on your personal file); and the imposition of getting your face shaven except for some 'Religious' reasons is even racist |
ALDI | 2017-08-29 | Warehouse Worker | Former Employee | Coventry, England, England | 2 | null | null | null | null | 2 | null | o | o | o | aldi | working in a team and a fast paced environment | physical wear on body |
ALDI | 2017-09-04 | Assistant Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Derby, England, England | 5 | 2 | 4 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | o | v | Work hard and be well rewarded | Well paid, varied working days , large amount of responsibility | No Work life balance, very physically demanding job ; alot of people have back pain or work related injuries |
ALDI | 2017-09-07 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Birmingham, England, England | 3 | 2 | 3 | null | 3 | 3 | 3 | x | r | x | cant be lazy | great pay
fast paced
double pay bank holiday | managers can be quite demanding
no social life |
ALDI | 2017-09-10 | Sales Assistant | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Guildford, England, England | 3 | 1 | 3 | null | 1 | 1 | 2 | v | v | x | High pay for hard work | High pay, lots of hours | You're expected to do of 5 people on your own, not everyone employed matches this standard, therefore, you have to pick up their slack |
ALDI | 2017-09-20 | Anonymous Employee | Former Employee, more than 3 years | Northampton, England, England | 3 | 1 | 2 | null | 4 | 3 | 1 | x | r | v | Not for the faint hearted | Small team atmosphere, time flies, store assistants can earn a decent amount of money for a supermarket role, and if you can make it at Aldi, you can make it anywhere! | Depending on which store you get, it can be savage. As a manager, you have to work a lot, and then prepare yourself to get an ear full from your area manager for working too much! |
ALDI | 2017-09-25 | Deputy Manager | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Manchester, England, England | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 1 | 1 | x | o | x | Deputy Manager | Not much really, nice employees | Crazy long hours, hard work |
ALDI | 2017-09-25 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Hinckley, England, England | 4 | 3 | 5 | null | 5 | 4 | 4 | v | o | v | Good place to work, very flexible | Flexible around university and pay well considering you don't need qualifications. | Some of the management can treat people unfairly. This is probably due to Aldi's fast paced environment. |
ALDI | 2017-09-27 | Deputy Store Manager | Former Employee, more than 3 years | Basildon, South East England, England, England | 3 | 1 | 2 | null | 2 | 3 | 3 | x | x | x | Deputy Store Manager | Good pay, good atmosphere between colleagues. | Bad work life balance, under staffed, over worked, under valued (unless you're a salaried manager) ULTRA FORMAL attitude towards Area Managers (You're managers, guys, not super heroes) |
ALDI | 2017-09-30 | Catering | Current Employee, more than 10 years | Stoke-on-Trent, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Great hours team leading experience | Hours to suit great staffing | Not enough hours to suit |
ALDI | 2017-10-02 | Assistant Store Manager | Former Employee, more than 3 years | Liverpool, England, England | 4 | 2 | 4 | null | 5 | 4 | 4 | v | v | v | Assistant Store Manager | Excellent work ethic with the ability to change your mindset.
Great challenge with no two days being the same.
Working with great people to achieve difficult, stretching goals. | People progressed into management based on their workability rather than their management ability.
Because of the Area Management programmes, there are a lot of inexperienced managers straight out of uni with minimal people skills. |
ALDI | 2017-10-05 | Assistant Store Manager | Former Employee, less than 1 year | Edinburgh, Scotland, Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 3 | 2 | 2 | o | o | o | assistant store manager | Good group of store assistants | Staff are very overworked. expect to exceed working hours. once you add up the hours worked for salary members per month, your lucky if you come out with mimimum wage. " You dont have a work life balance" |
ALDI | 2017-10-09 | Customer Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Swinderby, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | o | customer assistance | good hours, decent pay, good people | normally quite busy all the time due to students |
ALDI | 2017-10-09 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Bradford, Yorkshire and the Humber, England, England | 3 | 2 | 2 | null | 4 | 1 | 2 | x | r | r | Could be a great company! | Good hourly pay rate, good team at my store, uniform provided, promotion opportunities | You have to work very hard for your money, uniform should be updated for all staff each year or 2 without having to beg for a new shirt, Bare minimum pension contribution, bare minimum holiday allowance, area managers should be store managers that have been promoted so they understand the running of the store properly. |
ALDI | 2017-10-13 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Stoke-on-Trent, England, England | 3 | 2 | 3 | null | 3 | 3 | 4 | v | v | v | Store assistant | Good pay and flexible hours | Very physical and very sexist and agest |
ALDI | 2017-10-14 | Customer Service Associate | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Birmingham, England, England | 3 | 3 | 3 | null | 4 | null | 3 | x | r | r | Minimal Training | Pay & helpful store deputy manager. | No flexibility, training promised not carried out. |
ALDI | 2017-10-21 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Aberdeen, Scotland, Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | r | x | hard work and crap management | good team members and pay isnt bad after you have been there a few years | bad working hours, hard work, bad management, pretty much everything else |
ALDI | 2017-10-30 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee | Greenock, Scotland, Scotland | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Great job | Everything nothing else could be done, we are self motivated hard working and helpful people who work towards targets! Thanks | Nothing we are the best in retail and always will be, hard. Working is all you need to be to work for Aldi if you are then join now |
ALDI | 2017-11-03 | Area Manager Grad Scheme | Former Employee, less than 1 year | Nottingham, England, England | 3 | 1 | 2 | null | 4 | 4 | 4 | v | r | v | Aldi | Great salary
Huge exposure to the inner workings of the company & stores | Pound of flesh given to keep managers happy
To do the best job, you have to work all hours |
ALDI | 2017-11-03 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Leicester, England, England | 3 | 2 | 3 | null | 4 | 5 | 3 | x | r | v | Consistency Would Be Nice | Plenty of hours.
Good pay. | Inconsistent management (depending on store).
Long shifts which may not fit around family life.
Not great for single parents. |
ALDI | 2017-11-04 | Anonymous Employee | Former Employee, less than 1 year | Leek, England, England | 1 | 2 | 1 | null | 3 | 2 | 1 | x | r | x | Good pay, poor management. | Great pay which goes up every year
Plenty of hours available | Unprofessional management
Always ring up asking you to work on your days off
Bullying between other staff members
Early starts/late finishes
Nothing you do is ever good enough
Not bothered about the customers along as they make their money.
Fired for being ill |
ALDI | 2017-11-05 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Glasgow, Scotland, Scotland | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Supportive Management & Opportunities to Progress | Job security (Growing company)
Supportive management (worked in 3 stores)
Professionalism
Best pay in retail
Fantastic company looking to constantly improve
Privately held company so they are not solely driven by making maximum profits for shareholders | Work/life balance may not be great (Early starts or late finishes)
Can be a physically demanding job
Every task has a target time (some of which are very ambitious) |
ALDI | 2017-11-08 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Royal Leamington Spa, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | x | x | What Life Is Like Working At Aldi! | Good Pay, Team Support, Pension. | Now let me begin by saying that Aldi is a company that relies on bullying people into doing things that they would not like to do. So Aldi bully store managers and then it trickles down to store & stock assistants. I worked at AlDI for over 12 months after leaving the HM forces and believe today this day that I was treated unfair and disrepeacted and bullied. I got spat at my a duty manager and pushed into a mirror but nothing was done about it. It was my word against his so there was no trust and no loyality and integrity at AlDI. Yet they expect us to have all those things but when they dont okay by the rules they expect us too. I would highly reccomend that if you are looking to apply at AlDI prepare to go through alot of mental and physical challenges and never believe what the managers say they just like to squeeze every bit of energy from you and then let you quit and then Aldi can hire somone else. That's Aldi's game plan. |
ALDI | 2017-11-10 | Industrial Placement Student | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Neston, North West England, England, England | 3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | v | o | r | Placement Year | Great exposure
Great Salary
Strong brand in the retail field | Long hours
Poor work life balance
Not very social |
ALDI | 2017-11-10 | Store Assistant | Current Employee | South Shields, England, England | 3 | 4 | 2 | null | 4 | 3 | 5 | v | o | x | Aldi store assistant | Always busy so shifts go quick | Not enough hours to be able to save |
ALDI | 2017-11-13 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Halesowen, England, England | 4 | 4 | 4 | null | 3 | 3 | 4 | v | v | r | Like a family | Fast paced but fun
Friendly colleagues
Customer facing
Good mamager | Work and hours drops off after Christmas leaving it hard to make money. |
ALDI | 2017-11-16 | Warehouse Selector | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Cardiff, Wales, Wales | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | r | v | Amazing company | Great wage. Great hours. Great staff. | No cons from what ive seen |
ALDI | 2017-11-17 | Area Manager | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Glasgow, Scotland, Scotland | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 3 | 2 | 2 | x | r | v | Area Manager | Great introductory salary.
Tremendous initial amount of responsibility and experience. | Amongst area managers there was no real time for a life.
"Mentorship" is great if you get the right mentor. In my case there was no common ground. I was paired with an area manager who was boastful about working 21 days without a day off and seemed incapable of having a non-Aldi conversation. I appreciate shop talk at work is important, but on a 3 hour drive there should be at least a hint of other interests.
Honestly, 40k and an Audi sounds great, but you will end up forgoing some pretty valuable years of post graduation life. You've waited 3 or 4 years to finally get a salary and ditch the student digs. Don't waste it by shooting for a high salary and missing out on a life. You'll end up a pasty, overworked, underweight and frankly very boring individual.
P.S you friends will think you are boring if you take this job - it's a unavoidable side effect - selling cabbages is not interesting.
I now work in Tech, Make more money and have regular working hours that mean I can enjoy a work life balance. If you're passionate about retail and not much else then go for the AM grad scheme. If you have any other passion, creativity, outlet you need to be willing to sacrifice it. When I read similar reviews in 2014 I thought.. It can't be that bad. It's honestly not worth it. |
ALDI | 2017-11-22 | Anonymous Employee | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Birmingham, England, England | 4 | 4 | 4 | null | 4 | 4 | 4 | o | o | o | Retail colleague | Good wage , busy environment, oppotunities for promotion | Very physically demanding, always trying to meet targets due to time constraints and small team |
ALDI | 2017-11-22 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Urmston, England, England | 4 | 2 | 4 | null | 4 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Store Assistant | Good Pay
Excellent people
Good holiday times/employee benefits | Very stressful at times
Asked to do almost everything |
ALDI | 2017-11-28 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Scunthorpe, England, England | 4 | 3 | 5 | null | 4 | 3 | 4 | v | v | v | Store Assistant | Great company
Good hours
Potential for progression | No bonuses
Nothing really bad to say |
ALDI | 2017-11-30 | Deputy Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Baguley, England, England | 4 | 3 | 4 | null | 2 | 5 | 4 | v | r | v | Very hard work | Great pay and decent benefits, some great colleagues to boot. Flexible shift patterns. A few words short oops guess this will have to do | Harder work then you'd think. Little to no positive feedback, little chance of progression and lack of gratitude. Sore body |
ALDI | 2017-12-01 | Assistant Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | Chelmsford, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 4 | 1 | x | x | x | Stay away | The pay is good nothing else I can say really the cons massively out weigh the pros my advice is look elsewhere | Very long hours
No social life
Little to no support when something isn’t working as area managers are mainly from grad schemes and have less experience then the store assistants
Robotic area managers that have no people skills
Little to no transparency difficult to trust senior management
No praise only constant criticism
Unrealistic targets that get worse by the year
Run stores on skeleton staff
Poor training |
ALDI | 2017-12-02 | Assistant Store Manager | Former Employee, more than 5 years | Plymouth, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 2 | 2 | x | x | r | Assistant store Manager | there is always something to do | Pay is actually just average when compared to the the workload. Stores understaffed. Staff treated differently. No work life balance. Worked as an ASM for 5 years there with 20 years experience in retail management. Work most evenings and weekend. Area Managers have no real work experience so decision making is poor. Very much a blame culture. 68% of store staff leave within their 1st year due to work load and poor working conditions |
ALDI | 2017-12-10 | Anonymous Employee | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Skegness, England, England | 3 | 4 | 3 | null | 2 | 2 | 4 | v | v | v | store assisant | I would like to work at Aldi because it looks a good job and a good company | there is nothing bad about any think |
ALDI | 2017-12-10 | Assistant Manager | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Leeds, England, England | 4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | o | o | o | Great Company | will always help with work/life needs
challenging
good progression up to store manager | no further progression after store manager without a degree
salaried management can only do a 48 hour week |
ALDI | 2017-12-11 | Store Assistant | Former Employee | Whitley Bay, England, England | 1 | 2 | 1 | null | 1 | 1 | 1 | x | o | x | Horrendous | Fab pay....some friendly staff....good hours | Diabolical....floor staff fine....management disgrace wouldnt talk to my dog the way they do |
ALDI | 2017-12-18 | Assistant Manager | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Bridgwater, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 3 | 4 | 1 | x | r | v | Non existent work life balance for salaried managers. | The money was the best in sector for assistant manager, however all bonuses have been taken away and starting wage for the work load is pretty poor. 5 year pay very good but good luck getting there. Always kept busy and the staff are sometimes good to work with. | Had some area managers that were very good but unfortunately for the most part they’re grads with no work experience and don’t have the first clue about retail, some of them having irrelevant degrees and only a years worth of on the job training with retail. As such they can be incredibly demotivating, rude and disrespectful. Personally I was denied funeral leave by my area manager ( a contractual right) based on lack of staff, yet they claim to be all about their people. Occasionally show a good attitude towards work life balance but you’re expected to work a MINIMUM of 48 hours a week with no real upper limit. Some of my colleagues regularly work 60-70 hours a week and many experienced salaried managers have either left or been pushed out due to this. By and large the ones who never say no and sacrifice everything for the business get the promotions and the good will. Genuinely loved it when I started out but there is a culture of fear and punishment from area managers nowadays that does little to motivate its staff. All they care about is the business and their own progression, very sad to see. |
ALDI | 2018-01-11 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Market Harborough, England, England | 1 | 1 | 3 | null | 1 | 4 | 2 | x | o | v | Cannot WAIT to hand in my resignation! | Good pay for role, decent benefits package, not too overly 'corporate' acti ng | **THIS IS SPECIFIC TO MKT H'BRO STORE - I started at Kettering and had no issues there**
Constant management turnover (up to area manager level) so no consistency, understaffed, occasional 'casual' bullying from management ("it's just banter, don't take it so personally!), ZERO training or advancement (and I mean for all staff below mgmt, not just me) for 1.5yrs... I could go on but I won't! |
ALDI | 2018-01-12 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Tamworth, England, England | 4 | 3 | 4 | null | 2 | 3 | 2 | v | r | r | Deputy manager | good company to work for very addaptable for peoples needs and requirements | dont push for progression for everyone |
ALDI | 2018-01-28 | Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Ellesmere Port, England, England | 4 | 1 | 5 | null | 5 | 4 | 1 | v | v | v | It WILL make you or break you | Huge amount of responsibility
Free rain to run your store the way you want (to a degree)
Directors & MD knows you by name
Massive salary in return for the work you put in | Little to no support from AM’s once the going gets tough, you just expected to deal with it or ‘manage the situation’ and then your performance managed by your AM for your management.
There is a very evident ‘blame’ culture
AM’s with minimal people management skills
Work/Life balance is non existent
Responsible for your store even during times of annual leave. |
ALDI | 2018-01-30 | Store Assistant | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Crewe, England, England | 4 | 5 | 4 | null | 4 | 4 | 3 | v | r | v | Store Assistant | Good pay and flexible working when part time | The work is very physically demanding |
ALDI | 2018-02-01 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 8 years | Stafford, England, England | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 3 | 1 | o | r | x | Deputy manager. With 9 years experience | As a company aldi are good to work for. The pay is good. Holiday entitlement is good. Maternity pay is good. Sick pay is good. I feel that they offer more than most other retailers in this sense. | In store it’s vile. I’ve worked in quite a few stores and I find that in everyone you are not valued enough. You are pushed to your limits and too much is expected of you. The training is not great yet they expect you to be better than perfect. It’s full of false promises. Even when you do really well you don’t get praised for it. |
ALDI | 2018-02-08 | Area Manager | Former Employee, more than 5 years | London, England, England | 2 | 1 | 1 | null | 2 | 5 | 1 | x | o | r | ALDI Area Manager | Well paid, nice car, opportunity for progression | rigid, poor culture, militant approach, unrealistic expectation |
ALDI | 2018-02-17 | Store Assistant | Current Employee, less than 1 year | Weston-super-Mare, England, England | 4 | 4 | 4 | null | 3 | 4 | 5 | v | r | v | Aldi Store Assistant | Good rate of pay which increases over time, encouraging loyalty to the company.
Great bunch of people working there.
Contracted hours. | Amount of hours could be a bit better and tend to fluctuate quite a lot. |
ALDI | 2018-02-19 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 5 years | Worcester, England, England | 5 | 4 | 4 | null | 5 | 5 | 4 | v | o | v | Great company | Moving with the times with both customers and staff
Great atmosphere to work in
Plenty of room for progression
The work they do with charity | Semi-flexible rota
Customers not complying with checkout procedure, even when informed why we are fast |
ALDI | 2018-02-21 | Deputy Manager | Current Employee, more than 3 years | London, England, England | 1 | 1 | 1 | null | 1 | 2 | 1 | x | x | x | Don't work nights | Pay is good. That is the only thing, nothing else. | Long hours. You stay till the job is done. Doesn't matter if you have 40 pallets or 60. You don't go home. Being pressured into overtime. No feedback, except negative feedback. If you want to leave on time, you are threatened with negative performance reviews and 100% will get into an argument with the morning Assistant Manager. You can work 70 hours a week, with one day off. They rotate till 4 am but you have to stay till the manager comes in at 5 am in the morning and then you have to stay till he checks the store. Only two people on nights and you work 40000 pounds worth of delivery. |
ALDI | 2018-02-22 | Deputy Store Manager | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Ipswich, England, England | 4 | 2 | 3 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | r | v | Aldi employee and uni student | - manager is accommodating in terms of fitting work around uni
- 5 weeks 2 days holiday
- company had great career progression opportunities | - Can be long hours
- targets can be hard to hit |
ALDI | 2018-02-22 | Warehouse Selector | Current Employee, more than 1 year | Bathgate, Scotland, Scotland | 4 | 4 | 3 | null | 4 | 4 | 3 | v | r | v | Aldi selector | Good working environment not to bad wage | Sometimes the work is really monotone |
ALDI | 2018-03-07 | Staff | Former Employee, more than 1 year | Bristol, England, England | 5 | 5 | 5 | null | 5 | 5 | 5 | v | v | v | Amazing company, loads of benefits | Perks, flexible shifts, nice work environment, excellent rate of pay | long hours, sometime too many shifts in a row |