Great place to work for the grocery industry - Lead Sales Associate ALDI Employee Review

4.0
17 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay compared to other retail locations, lots of opportunities to advance depending on your willingness to relocate or travel, you won't need a gym if you throw truck every day, supportive management and team at my location. Great benefits if that is what is important to you! Great work life balance as long as you are not in management. I have absolutely loved my time here, you definitely get back what you put into the job.

Cons

Definitely HARD work--you have to show up ready to go and leave your problems at the door, if you cannot do that and give it your all you will hate it. Especially for busier stores, there seems to be a discrepancy between what is expected and the time and workforce is allotted to your store to complete everything. Aldi is all about performing on peak efficiency, and it can be both physically and emotionally overwhelming at times. The higher up you move, the less work life balance you have even though that is one of their core values.

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5.0
3 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great coworkers, nice work flow.

Cons

You have to do a lot in an opening shift. You have x hours to stock all the pallets before open, sometimes there are a lot so you have to move quickly.

5.0
5 Oct 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

+ industry leading wages Associates - $12/hr, Shift Mgr - $16/hr, SMT - $23/hr, Store Manager - $75,000+/yr + great work environment + excellent training + health, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k + 40-50 hr/wk with paid overtime Very fast paced so work hours fly by. I loved working at Aldi. The pay was great! Benefits great! Was training to be a store manager so a lot was expected of me but I was totally up for it. My store manager loved my work, associates loved my fairness, customers loved me.

Cons

+ work/life balance + walked 28,000 steps/day!!! Never thought I would be fired for clocking in only minutes late!!

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