Great role, but no movement - Associate Buyer ALDI Employee Review

4.0
Feb 14, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Worked for great leaders Awesome experience Gained so many new skills And culture was pretty fun when we were in the office full time (snacks, team lunches, celebrating coworkers)

Cons

Covid caused us to finally get laptops - not much trust prior to that Old school way of leadership being less obtainable-not necessary an open door policy Training program is conducted by non trainers and docs are read word for word (needs a revamp) All those things are workable but not having any job progression within the role is disappointing. You could be in the role 5 yrs & be amazing and still not move up since the org is pretty flat and they only move outside operations leaders into director roles

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Oct 5, 2016
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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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