Pros
None, even the famous ‘generous wage’ has took a downgrade, with new contracts only giving £8.50 an hour to new employees and for the job (jobs) you are expected to do it is undoubtedly not sufficient pay!
Cons
Firstly you are worked like a horse and if anything that is an understatement, you are tasked with a workload great enough for 2 and sometimes 3 people and don’t even think about falling short as there will be consequences and your name will then be tarnished for the foreseeable future. Like many others I joined with the intention to work my way up to the ‘Aldi dream’ of a company car and travel to the promised land, this is nothing but false hope.... unless you do the graduation scheme straight out of university there is no such thing to work towards. In turn this means the highest rank you can work up to is assistant store manager which would typically take 3-5 years, not bad right? Think again. This role will only ever be offered to you through working like a slave week in week out with utter consistency for the full duration. You will consequently dedicate your life and sacrifice in some cases family and any hobby’s you have to reach this role. Once obtained your life will then be Aldi, Aldi, Aldi, you will be on a salary and work a minimum of 48 hours a week with one day off. Throughout an Aldi career you will also be subject to critical judgement and there will be no praise for doing something great however do something bad/unsatisfactory and you will be shouted at and in some cases punished with a warning. In conclusion a job at Aldi is a life sentence of dedication and sacrifice as you serve a prejudicial hierarchy, I am left asking, how can a job as simple as stacking shelves and serving customers become so glorified and yet behind the scenes resemble slave labour?
