Eh. - Associate Buyer ALDI Employee Review

1.0
Aug 22, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Good company, great experience, flexibility.

Cons

Associate buyers are not set up for success. Training is horrible- just a person on Teams reading off of a screen. No mentorship because most managers are from operations/DM roles and don’t know how to buy. Management/Directors don’t understand the workload on ABs. Other departments dumping their needs on the ABs. Impossible to get any help from anyone because no one knows what’s going on with new system and process. Pay could definitely be better. Overwhelmingly high number of females in associate roles (sexist much?) Managers act like they’re in a frat. No pay negotiations- someone could have a smaller commodity than you and get paid the same. Unreasonable workload and no one is in a hurry to bring on new employees. The encouragement to grow within company is a lie. Redoing extensive work is a common occurrence. Did I mention that management is a joke?

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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

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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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