ALDI reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(14,636 total reviews)
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Atty McGrath

51% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

ALDI has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 14,636 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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15K reviews
4.0
Aug 3, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you don't have a college degree and want the highest pay and benefits one can get in an office job without one, have no aspirations to ever (and I mean EVER) be promoted, are comfortable with pay being equal to every other non-management staffer in the office regardless of tenure or performance/responsibilities, and are ready to work very very hard but only Mon- Fri bankers hours with minimal overtime, this is the perfect job for you.

Cons

You will never be promoted, but to be fair this is communicated from day one...your boss got their job from starting as a district manager, and those positions are filled straight out of college (never from store managers). Forget about having personal relationships (friendship or otherwise) with your coworkers unless you knew them before as this type of thing is not just frowned upon but actively discouraged. Training is very regimented (as is everything); falling behind is not accepted or helped. You are given a large amount of autonomy from an early time but not a lot of support, and you must deal with a lot of competing interests and deadlines. They are slower to embrace technological advances than any other company I have ever seen...they just got email company-wide 2 years ago! None of this is necessarily "bad", but just realize that you are working for a German company and the corporate culture is VERY different from that of American-based companies. You are there to carry out your assigned tasks and ruthlessly eradicate your competitors, not to make friends or have a good time. If you come expecting to have outings and United Way fundraisers and casual Fridays, you will be SORELY disappointed. If all those types of things drive you nuts, you will probably be very happy.

2.0
Dec 17, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Your work is rewarded with a high salary, but not much else apart from that.

Cons

Although you are contracted to 45 hours, its not possible to do your job in this amount of time, so a realistic week looks more like 55-60hours, if not more. If you take this into consideration, the salary really isn't that impressive. You are expected to reach a lot of unrealistic targets, and when you ask for support you are met with the beloved phrase of "you're paid the big bucks for a reason" and "if this job isn't for you, then don't do it". If you're not performing as expected (which anyone rarely is due to the nature of the role), you will be berated and given "opportunity" to resign. The company breeds a culture of competition, and it feels like your coworkers are waiting to see you fail, rather than support you to succeed. I can honestly not recommend Aldi as an employer. You will lose sense of who you are as a person, Aldi will consume you and you will be burnt out.

2.0
Oct 8, 2024

Management issues

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Benefits are plentiful and nice -Salary is okay

Cons

-Located in Salzburg - if you are not all about mountains and lakes and walking in nature, but an active city life, look for something else. - city is dead and as boring as it gets Some managers are clearly not capable of working with people and act like entitled children - the company will not do anything as it is easier to find a new specialist or assistant than a new manager or at least this is their approach. If you are lucky to get into a nice team, then the job itself could be enjoyed, but if you get one of the "other" managers, then you will be bullied until you decide to leave or they fire you eventually. Some teams have positions where in the past 2 years they had already 5 people fired due to "bad work ethic"... Of course not 1 person investigates what could be the background of the stories with the managers where again and again the "unlucky" hires keep on happening.

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