ALDI reviews

As a Manager, there is no work / life balance. Very long days get even longer when your closing mgr calls out and you can't find a replacement so it's you that has to stay. It gets even better when you are driving down to your store at 2 am because of an alarm call due to your freezer or your multi-deck failing. You will work like a dog putting out 24 pallet deliveries 4x a week. You are made to play tricks on your employees to see if they are doing their job. In the end it doesn't make a difference how hard you worked, how many hours you spend in your store, how much pride you put into your stores presentation and preparedness, you will still be discharged. Not everyone is "made for Aldi" is their favorite line, and they certainly got THAT right. Skip over this employer, you'll be glad you did. Trust me.

They hire college students with no job experience what so ever as District & Regional Managers. A college degree in anything is more acceptable then 20 years retail experience for the DM positions. A common answer given to most questions is, "I will find out for you." and days later you might have your answer. Experienced retail employees know that most decisions you can't wait for days. Many tasks are done over and over because of the lack of experience these DMs have and they only know what the book says. If you are lucky enough to work for one of the few DMs that have been with the company for a few years your job is a lot easier and your store runs a lot better. But unfortunately the Regional Manager also has little or no experience, as well as no people skills. So even with the very few experienced DMs you still had him to deal with him coming into your store and make the lack of experience bad decisions.