Yes and no....... - Store Associate ALDI Employee Review

2.0
5 Dec 2016
Recommend
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Pros

cheap benefits, decent starting wage- overpaid for a cashier but underpaid for stocking work.

Cons

lots of cons- unappreciative management, backbreaking stocking work for pay. Way too many upper managers. District managers have only two or three stores. 3 operations managers in a division. 4 presidents of the company. And they expect you to run a million dollar a month store with three people on a shift. front lines need more help as opposed to the underworked overpaid upper management. Unrealistic expectations lead to the Wells Fargo effect where corners are cut and quality suffers. You are under so much pressure to put out product that employees dont rotate properly-- new produce being thrown on top of old produce, etc. they want you to ring up so fast that product is getting damaged and going the extra mile for, say, and elderly person is frowned upon because your ring time is too slow. They dangle shift manager pay when you are hired but you only get that pay when the manager isnt there and there are sometimes 3 or 4 shift managers already on staff ahead of you.

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5.0
12 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great pay Hours were always there The manager at my location is a rare gem. Never had a boss quite like him. Everyone I worked with became like my family.

Cons

EXTREMELY physically demanding. I injured myself multiple times while I worked there.

5.0
5 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

+ industry leading wages Associates - $12/hr, Shift Mgr - $16/hr, SMT - $23/hr, Store Manager - $75,000+/yr + great work environment + excellent training + health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k + 40-50 hr/wk with paid overtime Very fast paced so work hours fly by. I loved working at Aldi. The pay was great! Benefits great! Was training to be a store manager so a lot was expected of me but I was totally up for it. My store manager loved my work, associates loved my fairness, customers loved me.

Cons

+ work/life balance + walked 28,000 steps/day!!! Never thought I would be fired for clocking in only minutes late!!

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