Aldi Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"I enjoy the level of responsibility, it just needs to be appreciated and recognized more."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It is the right fit for some people. I am extremely driven, but I the people I have seen be most successful at AldI are more than driven... they have zero work-personal life balance. If you like being micro-managed and never getting positive reinforcement, AldI is the place for you."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"We are hired on the premise of freedom... freedom of schedule, freedom from being micromanaged, freedom to be a unique leader. None of those turned out to be true. We are told when to work (not a big deal except for the promise of freedom), we are constantly scrutinized by our director for every decision we make, and there is no freedom to be our own unique leader."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would use more positive reinforcement and realize that sometimes personal time is more rewarding than more money."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"I love the 'family' mentality. It is a small group of hard working individuals. It is just NOT in my field. The job itself is what I cannot stand. The people and the pay are great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just understand that Shift Manager is a position you can rise to fairly quickly... but the only other position after that is Manager and that could take years... and there is no where else to go from there. You MIGHT get to be a warehouse distribution manager 15-20 years down the road if someone else quits but that is a rare position to see open and most every other manager will be fighting you for it."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"The hours. You MUST be available 5AM to 11PM and cannot ask for any specific days off each week. The schedule is almost always different week to week and you only get the schedule about a week in advance. No time to plan anything in the distant future not accomplish any major task you have in mind."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing. I have no problem with the way AldI is managed and run."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"Good Salary, Good Benefits, Good Medical Coverage, Dress Down Attire"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Think Twice Not A Pleasant Place too Work For. You Will Work for your money"

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"Very Demanding, called in on day off, no time to breath,management toothfaced.made to look like idiot sometimes"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would treat my employees like human beings, I would hear both sides of a story & not just side with customer."

"Love what I did for them. The position I held was what I loved doing."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"The position I had and working with the Corp Office. learning new software. The Salary and Benefits. Close to Home."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself , there are to many fake people trying to act like someone else."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"The Operations and district Mangers were not able to even speak to us in the office as if they were better than us."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To treat everyone as a person, not a trade or how much money you have."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"The people I worked with, having a job for six years"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Havea full-body MRI and a complete medical workup before you start work. Do not expect pay raises, or complments for a job well done. You must become a buddy to management for advancement. it is a popularity contest. You will work harder than a man digging holes for constrution company. Often you will work even when you are punched out for breaks and meal times. We were given clip-on timers to be sure we could punch back in on time. Video tapes taping employee accidents WILL be lost."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"The company refuses to pay workman's comp for serverly injured employees. AldI has not given a pay raise in 5 years, sying the coast of living has not icreaseed. Meanwhile, some prices have more than doubled in same time frame. While employeed there, minium wage increased $2.30 more, yet still no pay raise."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go undercover at the cashier level, get yelled at, lose your family time, make a workman's comp claim, and see how much you enjoy not working, going through your almost 25 years of savings ncluding your 401k, then be worked over with delays by comp."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"Very physical."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are interviewing for this company you should appear well dressed and well groomed. Be a friendly and outgoing individual, who can show they are hard working."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My suggestion for managment is to help teach employees how to stack off pallets at a faster rate."

"Excellent employer to work for."

"From the inside out"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It's not worth your time."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"The unfair treatment to employees"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They need to realize the workers make the company."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"It's a great company to work for."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"AldI have alot of inexperienced District Managers that makes the job more difficult than it really is.They change company rules and policies to fit their own expectations. I think the DM should be more experienced and actually have some sort of past experience. Straight out of college isn't good enough."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A manager should be professinal at all times. A manager should pose great customer service skills and should be a people person. A manager should be intelligent and able to conversate with all group of people. A manager should have the ability to coach his or her employees at any given time. All people or persons should feel comfortable to speak freely to the manager and should feel comfortable to express new ideal that would help improve work performances."

"AldI was wonderful while I was completing my schooling. The company is not on the west coast else I would pursue employment there."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"Working hard physically and working directly with people."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"Corporate BS"

"First career employment set me up very well for HR and business. No work life balance focus burnout is approximately 4-5 yrs especially if not promoted."

What do you like about working at Aldi?

"The autonomy, the responsiblity, you work hard, get paid well, humble company to work for great starter career job or mid career job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confident, humble, and hardworking. The little things you'll have to do but the automony is fantastic! It's hard work so be open to that. Be professional this company does not have open bar company parties. Great people loved my time there."

What don't you like about working at Aldi?

"Work life balance not a focus."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure your not burning out your DMs. Try to make their lives easier or be more helpful."