Expected more than the pay was worth - Retail Store Associate ALDI Employee Review

2.0
21 Sept 2022
Recommend
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Pros

At first we had an amazing team and a great manager. The only pro of this place was really the store manager and other employees at the time. 16 dollars an hour is okay for a store.

Cons

District managers and higher ups were snobby. They do not pay enough for what they expect. They like to keep a skeleton crew at the stores while constantly having new DM trainees. We were expected to do the jobs of 3 people for each 1 person for the pay of 1 person. Constantly was pretending to be hiring and even had a few hiring events but rarely ever actually hired anyone as they seemed to like having a skeleton crew. Pay was 12.75 majority of my time there. When it did go up to 16, they didn't fairly increase managers and shift lead pay and they expected even more out of the skeleton crew they were already overworking. The district managers clearly never actually worked at the stores a day in their lives with their super unrealistic expectations.

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Pros

Good pay great people to work with

Cons

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5.0
5 Oct 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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