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Working at Aldis was a complete NIGHTMARE...I do NOT recommend this company to ANYONE
Shift Training Trainee (Former Employee), Rather Not say – June 12, 2013
Pros: pay is not worth it.
Cons: everything. there is nothing positive about working for aldi's
Filing a formal complaint after this review. I have over 40 years of working with different companies and Aldi's is the WORST I have ever seen. During my FIRST WEEK I have been verbally abused by one of the "managers". Have been yelled at various times during the day for being too slow. I am NOT exaggerating when I say YELLED at folks. Job threatened – more... because I could only put TWO pallets away in an hour instead of THREE..... Then no break after working 5 hours..as punishment then told to do the deep freezer with NO GLOVES AND NO PROTECTIVE COAT to wear...While in freezer for three hours manager keeps coming in to harass me only to yell at me that she couldn't believe I was STILL NOT DONE and that I AM TOO SLOW. I had to keep coming out of the freezer to get my hands functioning again as they hurt so bad and got yelled again for not working any faster regardless of how bad my hands hurt .. THen was told that I had to provide my own gloves and coat for freezer work as they do not provide this protection.This company forgets that Customer Service starts with its employees. And the fact this manager represents this company in such a manner is alarming.
During my first few d days I was left alone with a floor jack to figure it out on my own. No safety training whatsoever. Just stories of how employees had broken feet after using jacks...

This company is waiting for lawsuits.
THis will be my last week of such hell. – less
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physically demanding, fast paced, heavy lifting
perishable selector (Former Employee), Salisbury NC – June 6, 2013
This job was a very fast paced and physically demanding job. This job required heavy lifting. I learned how to pick orders by paper and toward the end we picked orders from a headset. Hours varied from day to day. All days we started work at 8:00am and our days ended when all orders were ready to go to the store. I learned how to audit orders to 100% – more... and I also learned how to make sure that orders were in their assigned areas for the drivers to pick them up on time. – less
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Wouldn't recommend
Shift Manager (Former Employee), Rockingham, NC – June 5, 2013
Hard work, extra work always expected, rare to never on breaks
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Don't work here!!
Cashier (Current Employee), PA – June 5, 2013
Pros: great pay
Cons: where do i start?
I read a few reviews while I was with this company (and I still currently am for the time being), and I thought everyone was crazy saying negative things. But I gotta tell you, their all true. However my manager doesn't sit on his phone all day and does nothing. He does everything while treating me like shear garbage. This company puts WAY too much – more... pressure on their associates and causes them to actually hurt themselves. I work with 2 girls who did hurt themselves, one threw out her back and the other broke her ankle. Both were out for a week and that's it (I don't know if that was their choice or my manager asked them to come back). I've only been with the company for a month and I literally can't stand it there. They tell me i'm not fast enough on truck pallets and that I need to be faster (again i've only been there for a MONTH, i'm not sonic the hedgehog). They also tell me i'm not ringing fast enough (I find it extremely rude that we are literally told to almost throw the customers items in their cart not really caring if we break anything, so sorry I have a heart). I'm working my butt off for these people and it just doesn't seem to be enough (I also get to praise for the jobs that I DO anyway, i'm not looking for a gold star, but would a thank you kill you)? I'm currently looking for a new job that will pay the same and I hope I find it. But if you're thinking of applying here, go for it if you want back pain everyday along with being spoken down to, give it a try, i'm sure you'll make up your mind in a month. – less
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Mesmyrr – June 12, 2013

The WORST company I have ever worked for in my 40 years of working...I am filing a formal complaint with the company as it is that bad.

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Everyday is worse than the one before
Shift Manager (Current Employee), NC – May 21, 2013
Pros: pay and benefits
Cons: upper management and corruption
Store manager sits in the office all day talking to her boo on the phone and handling personal affairs. She never lifts a finger and gets away with it. When I come in to take over the shift, the store is a mess and its like instantly I get blamed for it even though I wasn't there yet! This business is veerrryyy corrupt. The store manager is best friends – more... with the district so it's like she does nothing wrong ever and she talks bad about all her shifts when we are the ones doing all the work and picking up her slack. Corrupt corrupt corrupt. No you cannot work here if you have family and God forbid you get sick. Very dangerous because you are alone a lot in the dark when entering and exiting the store. People say the pay is good and it is but it's not worth what you go through. – less
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Ladydian – May 31, 2013

This really stinks. If I see a manager sitting on their butt when their workers need help, I don't hesitate to ask why they aren't helping. Did this at the local post office and the manager actually started helping. I haven't had the experience with this manager, but if I would I would surely let the district know. What are they going to do to me? I'm retired anyway, am just looking for part-time because I'm bored. But I will do this---if I shop there and see that manager doing nothing, I will write a letter to the district. Unless I was told wrong, this Aldi company is run by people out of Germany. It seems like companies today don't want efficient upper management. It's almost like they want their company to falter.

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Lots of physical work to be done
Cashier (Current Employee), Winter Park, FL – May 14, 2013
Pros: compensation
Cons: sometimes no breaks, no work life balance
As a cashier, you do everything. You ring up products. In between customers, you throw back stock, or park a full pallet. You're timed on everything, from how fast you can throw a pallet, the time between customers, to how fast you ring on the register. Everything is watched. The three positions, cashier, shift manager, and store manager, all do the – more... same work (cashiers do not write the orders or do paperwork like the other two positions). For the most part, we have great co-workers, but like in any job, you will have the ones who just don't pull their weight, or simply do not want to be there. There is a high turn-over rate, simply because people can not, or are not willing to work as hard as we do. Don't be fooled into thinking the job is easy just because we sit at the registers. Part time cashiers can range anywhere from 0-19 hours, and full time is 20 hours or more. Hours can be hard to get if your store is over staffed or slow. Since it is a retail job, you will have rude customers. Patience is a virtue (like I said before, everything is timed). Some stores will have more pleasant customers. – less
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Productive and great place to learn.
District Manager Intern (Former Employee), Philadelphia, PA – May 9, 2013
As an Intern, I was very much involved. In my short 10 week span I was able to learn and actually do the job that the District Manager does on an every day basis. The environment was great, and the long hours fly right by because you're always busy.
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Don't let the money fool you
Store manager in training (Current Employee), Alexandria va – April 29, 2013
Pros: pay
Cons: short breaks, unsafe work environment, no breaks no overtime no 40 hour weeks but your "full time"
I have only been With aldi for 6 days and like most I thought that
25:00 an hour and a chance to run my own store would be great until this past week most days I have been grinded to a pulp working my rear end off only to be told that I'm not doing anything right unpacking a pallet I'm. Not fast enough or having to stand on the produce tables to adjust – more... price tags and using the vegetables to balance my self running back and forth killing my self to try and impress the store manager that is training me and she is not helpful only to be there to tell me that I'm doing a horrible job after I have been busting my hump for the past 3 hours because I did not have the floors mopped by the time the doors were opened I get more compliments from customers when I am running the cash register of how nice I was or how fast I'm ringing them up so disappointed with how this job turned out time to find something better because if you stay with a company like this everyday you will go home more miserable then when you started the day and I found all this out by just working 6 days so if you like to be worked into the ground and you will earn every dolllar they pay you only 30 min lunch break and not even a thank you for your hard work then I would call you crazy and wish you the best of luck other wise do not apply for this company don't let the money fool you you have been warned !! – less
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Good company to work for
Shift Manager (Former Employee), Danville, VA – April 27, 2013
This is a good company to work for. They value their employees.
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Productive fun place to work
Shift Manager (Former Employee), Oklahoma City, OK – April 23, 2013
Pros: i loved the shift diferential pay.
Cons: too many unfulfilled promises
I loved working for this company. I had alot of fun meeting all the different people and making sure the customers enjoyed their experience shopping at ALDI's .
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Stressful
Full-Time Cashier (Former Employee), Chicago, IL – April 22, 2013
Pros: great benefits, great pay
Cons: management was never around for inventory days
A stressful job, the first of the month was hell when LINK was activated. Large amount of people, always a long line, people became angry at you (cashier) when their card did not work. Inventory was long and the manager never worked on inventory day.
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Pretty good experience
Cashier (Former Employee), Fayetteville, NC – April 17, 2013
Pros: meeting new people
Cons: the long late hours
I enjoyed my time working with Aldi. I love meeting new people and getting familiarized with the old ones.
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Fun & fast paced
Shift Manager (Former Employee), Palm Bay, FL – April 17, 2013
Working with Aldi gave me more of an understanding of how to balance priority's. I greatly enjoyed working with the the customers and employees. At Aldi you become part of a family.
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Must be hardworking for little benefit.
Shift Manager (Current Employee), AR – March 25, 2013
Pros: excellent benefits package. great pay.
Cons: horrible management, short breaks. not much time off.
Long days with one short break. Employees often go weeks without a day off of work. If you work hard, your coworkers get lazy.

Pay is excellent. Benefits are great. Never get to see family or friends. You definitely have to be dedicated to your job.
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Worst place to work but has benfits
Cashier (Current Employee), W.P. MN – March 9, 2013
Pros: benfits
Cons: pay, 1-30min break a day, hours - schudule
This is not a place to work if you have kids.You will never see your family and they dont show any respect for that. They dont work with on hours, cant even make a doctors appt. and please dont,or even ever want to go to church cause they wont let you go.(sorry you sign the hand book and you must have open schudules) Thats what I was told.
You work – more... your butt off and dont ever get a thank you.
Lack of training, You only get 1 break,coworkers (cashiers) are great.
I was really glad to see all the other reviews and now I know its not our store its the company they dont care. – less
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High energy and fast paced environment.
Shift Manager/Cashier (Current Employee), North Windham, CT – March 4, 2013
Pros: pay, insurance, and location.
Cons: full flex scheduling (days, nights weekends) short shifts, long shifts.
Punch in ready to work and go immediately to person running shift to let them know you are there. Then a 15 minute "turn over" of the store is done, where I would count the safe to make sure it balances and walk the store with the manager on duty. During the walk you would discuss things that got done and what has not gotten done yet. No two days are – more... the same which makes every day interesting and every shift go by fast. I work with about 6 other employees so I would call us all close due to the fact we are such a small force so to speak. I have worked with the store manager for over 5 years, so we are close and I feel anything I need to say to him I can say without judgement and with respect and above all else the confidence in which to do so. The hardest part of the job is almost the most enjoyable.... we as a team do everything. The cashiers come in early on mornings when we get deliveries and put the deliveries on the shelves. It is very physical as we are on a time limit to get things accomplished. Managements job is to do everything plus the small things that keep a profitable business alive. – less
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Great place to work with great benefits.
Cashier/Customer Service (Current Employee), Homewood, AL – February 10, 2013
Pros: great benefits after 3 months and great working hours.
Cons: short breaks
A typical day at work goes by very fast - Aldi is a fast paced work environment that takes alot of focus on what you are doing at the cash registar along with emphasis on the customer. Multi-tasking is a must. Self starter . You get a check list and a goal list when you begin your shift at the end of your shift you balance your registar and turn in – more... list to the shift manager. If you closing the store at the end of your shift you make sure the shelves are stocked and the store is clean for the next morning. – less
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Cashier, Stocker (Former Employee), chicago – February 4, 2013
Cons: low hours per week, short breaks and leaving on time
Overall I enjoyed working for ALDI. I love interacting with the customers on a daily basic. My co-workers were very nice and friendly. One thing i dislike was the communication between management and employees. For example we weren't always notified when our schedule were changed.
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No union
Cashier (Former Employee), Milwaukee, WI – February 4, 2013
Pros: the pay
Cons: no trust
Working at Aldi i felt as thought your job was on a thin line. The management there didn't have no respect for anyone, but their boss. I understand that i wasn't on the same level as them, but i am a human being with feelings. It was so much talking there that no work was completed, everyone was out for themselves.
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terrible place to be a manager
shift manager (Former Employee), quad cities ia – January 31, 2013
Pros: decent pay
Cons: rude customers, bad management, under staffed
Coming in at 5am when you have small children at home is never fun. You cant get a set schedule to make your life easier... You bust your butt to try and please everybody and when you cant or get sick then its the end of the world. Im a shift manager and have been for about 2 yearsand my store manager is terrible. Your over worked and under appriciated. – more... The company could honestly care less about you until you get hurt or ill and then all they care about is when you can make it in next. These people are ungratful. I dont recommend this place to work to anybody. Im in my mid twenties and to go to the chiro every week. I never get to see my children anymore. And it just wasnt worth it. – less
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