It breaks you - Store Assistant ALDI Employee Review

1.0
May 6, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

The pay goes a bit up after 3 years to £11.90, and will be going back up in June to £12.30. But not worth it.

Cons

No life-work balance Pay too little for doing the job of 4 people at the time. Managers keep comparing people and expect too much. They use Bradford index, meaning if you’re ill for about 3 days in a year you can get disciplinary. Your mental health will be ruined along with your body since they do not invert on good quality materials for staff. No discount. You do not get treated like a human being, they want a robot. Not allowed to talk to colleagues because you have to work and as fast as they want not as fast as you can. Sometimes they want you to finish early and you can’t say no, specially on closes. Store manager can be off sick as long as you want meanwhile they will bother you when you’re off sick asking she will you come back.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Oct 5, 2016
Recommend
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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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