Great Pay, Sucky Bosses and No Life Outside of Work - District Manager Trainee ALDI Employee Review

1.0
Apr 27, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Great experience as an executive fresh out of college. Excellent pay New Company vehicle (BMW) Great management/leadership exposure at a rapidly expanding global company. Store employees withstand and put up with a lot of mess and are very easy to get along with. Store grand openings are neat. Chance for substantial pay increase each year

Cons

If you are a servant leader and not an autocrat, this is NOT the company for you. If you are tasked with creating a “Personal Development Plan” the writing on the wall is crystal clear, your time with the company is numbered. Big advocates of nonsense, unnecessary meetings that could be sent in an email. HUGE CRT Advocates and Biden Supporters 401k is vested so you have to stay there years before you can keep their match. Absolutely horrible mentor program Very clique oriented Corporate politics, liberal nonsense, and bureaucracy. Training isn’t as great as it’s advertised. You can do a great job numbers wise but can get terminated bc your boss doesn’t like you. If you aren’t Greek life or can’t blow smoke up people’s behind, you won’t last. Have to be willing to work 80+ hour weeks No such things as “off days” You will have to hop on meetings and be on call constantly. Have to be willing to relocate on a dime with no notice. Family or religion is not a priority for them. Would rather hire and promote brats than people who could actually lead this company to great heights.

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5.0
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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
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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