When Aldi workers have taken our quiz, we will share with you their best things and their worst things about working there.
Some staff are cool and we have 1 or 2 good mangers.
Made to work so many different hours, always trying to force you to work over, harrowing you to work. Cant get staff to cover yr till when you need toilet. Aways forcing you to work more than possible, always pushing n some at horrid behaviour.
Aldi Employee, April 2022
Paid breaks that are enforced to be taken in full, app for rotas, flexible shift patterns.
Everyone area manager and above has no clue whats actually happening in the stores. Store assistants are treated ok but middle store management are treated appalingly.
Training is almost nonexistent unless you really push for it and then you feel like you're annoying your superiors.
Aldi Employee, March 2022
First dibs on special buys and the app for rotas is very helpful.
Overall the store assistants are paid well for their job and seem happy with flexibility.
Being in management means that you have less flexibility, I don't feel the pay is enough as the store manager always ensures there is a higher level employee so they don't
Aldi Employee, March 2022
Being surrounded by a kind, supportive and hard working team
The physical demand. Customers not understanding the aldi concept. The 30min break on a 10/12 hour shift.
Aldi Employee, March 2022
Pay
They don't take in to account being a single parent
Aldi Employee, March 2022
People I work with
Rude customers
Aldi Employee, March 2022
The team and early mornings without customers in the store
Having to sit on a till for 6-8hrs for some shifts. Your legs go dead
Aldi Employee, March 2022
The pay, the holidays and the people. My workmates are lovely and are easy to work with.
The lack of breaks and the travel time. We only get one 30 minute break for a 10 hour shift, not spectacular but not the end of the world.
Aldi Employee, March 2022
Decent hours if your in the right store,
Semi flexible, colleagues mostly nice
Progression is based on time and place and if your face fits. If your not fast you will be stuck on tills all day. Usually not enough staff. Sometimes will take hours off you if you worked over contract even if they asked you to come in extra.
Aldi Employee, March 2022
The lovely management and staff.
Occasionally not getting out on time.
Aldi Employee, March 2022
The people I work with
Travel time
Aldi Employee, March 2022
The team
The management, the pay, the eccentric hours
Aldi Employee, February 2022
The wage
Not getting the one day off a week that you ask for but others do
Aldi Employee, February 2022
The team
Long shifts with a 30 min break
Aldi Employee, February 2022
Easy, nearly un managed most of time
Stupid regulations n organisations of work.
Aldi Employee, February 2022
The pay and the cool staff (not mangers though, I have never seen such awful management)
Managers setting far too high standards that only they can achieve because they have worked there for five plus years and are overly critical on everything you do. Very short breaks. Maximum 7-10 staff in an enormous shop.
Aldi Employee, February 2022
Really fast pace makes the day go by really fast
The time expectations of certain tasks
Aldi Employee, February 2022
Great team. Lovely people to work with
Communication is atrocious. The chance of promotion is virtually zero
Aldi Employee, February 2022
Some of the people, easy to learn job
Some of the people, managers and customers
Aldi Employee, February 2022
Love the people I work with
Can feel under pressure sometimes
Aldi Employee, January 2022
the people and the sense of teamwork and ability to have a social workplace
the expectations placed on us even as new starters is a lot to handle
Aldi Employee, January 2022
Paid break
Everything. It is extremely stressful and managers speak to staff like they are nothing. I am constantly penalised for having a physical disability as I can’t work as fast as others. Terrible place to work
Aldi Employee, December 2021
Pay, flexible hours
Poor communication, narrow mindedness, views not listened to
Aldi Employee, December 2021
Good environment to work in. Although that goes off the team in on the day.
Store assistants and Deputy Managers do not get the respect they deserve
Aldi Employee, December 2021
Time flys as you are always looking ahead for the next task
Struggle to have a structured lifestyle
Aldi Employee, December 2021
Job is very varied
Management don't care.
Customer are agressive
Aldi Employee, December 2021
Unprofessional managers/area managers... horrible/abusive customers, no discount,paid only one 15 min break, lifting heavy stock, work all forms of jobs around the store, board everyday not paid enough
Aldi Employee, November 2021
The team are amazing, we support each other and get stuck in to get the job done
Aldi Employee, November 2021
Paid breaks, always something to do
Sweeping occasionally, lifting heavy objects
Aldi Employee, November 2021
The people I work with
Long hours and short staffed
Aldi Employee, November 2021
????
It used to be a good place to work for but, over the past 4 years it has deteriorated
If you want less than 30 hrs and are willing to be a drone without a family / social life , then this is the job for you.
Aldi Employee, October 2021
I use to love my job but it si hard now
Just going in
Aldi Employee, October 2021
Always busy, never bored, friendly environment
Working most weekends
Aldi Employee, October 2021
The wages.
You work most weekends and can be quite stressful trying to meet some of the demands.
Aldi Employee, October 2021
Decent paycheck
Too few staff for the amount of work, everything we do being timed, chaotic atmosphere
Aldi Employee, October 2021
Pay
Stressful, lots of pressure
Aldi Employee, October 2021
Getting the jobs done and sometime working as a team
Manager and away on the shop floor
Aldi Employee, September 2021
While you may start at 6am, you generally finish at 2pm and therefore can enjoy the rest of the day off. You see your rota 4 weeks in advance. The pay is nice. Colleagues are usually nice people. Training is good. You get used to working fast after a while.
6AM starts. Finishing a shift at 6PM and potentially starting the next morning at 6AM. The rota constantly being changed; sometimes with only a weeks notice. Prepare to be worked, HARD. No week is the same; different days and different shifts on a weekly basis. 90% of your holidays for the next year must be booked in the November the year before; trying to plan holidays out can be frusting because of this. If you aren't sweating by the end of a shift you aren't working hard enough.
Aldi Employee, September 2021
The people that I work with
Constantly working at speed and only having 1 half hour break during 10 hour shifts.
Aldi Employee, September 2021
The hours work well with having a family
It’s not the ideal career
Aldi Employee, August 2021
Time goes by fast, good pay rates
Stressful
Aldi Employee, August 2021
When you finish your shift and go home.
Bad management. No communication. Expects you to always be available if they need extra people to come in short notice. Managers don't respect you.
Aldi Employee, August 2021
My collueges and pay
Customers
Aldi Employee, August 2021
Communication with customers, close to my house
Unfair management, tasks depend on who is on shift
Aldi Employee, August 2021
It's rewarding and good pay
It's extremely challenging, particularly when there's reduced staff
Aldi Employee, July 2021
Busy so time goes relatively quick
Everything I suffer with severe anxiety and my job is the majority of the reason
Aldi Employee, July 2021
The only perk is getting to the reduced food first. The team is united - in their hatred of the job
Literally everything
Aldi Employee, July 2021
It's like working with your family
Late working hours
Aldi Employee, July 2021
Meeting people
Its late always
Aldi Employee, July 2021
The pay for a store assistant is good for the work required, however don’t underestimate the hard graft. Deputy pay however is ridiculously low considering the amount of responsibilities, and the company tries to keep the extra £4 on top of your hourly wage when you manage the store alone to a minimum
Progression seems none existent even though they’re always advertising salaried roles. The responsibilities for a deputy are barely outweighed by an assistant manager but the pay gap is huge. Company targets are unrealistic and cripple the morale of staff
Aldi Employee, July 2021
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