Store Associate - Minneapolis suburb store - Part Time Sales Associate ALDI Employee Review

1.0
25 Jul 2017
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Pros

Loved the work. Some of the co-workers are fun and awesome to work with. Pay is above average for retail with nice benefits.

Cons

District Managers are all college graduates with no experience managing people. Training is a joke. They have no personnel skills or abilities to deal with difficult employees. As a result, no one is fired, reprimanded, or held accountable for anything they do. Very frustrating that incompetent workers are still allowed to come in late, not show up, not work, text while working, roam around the store doing nothing with no consequences. Reason I quit. I loved the hard work but hated doing the work of others so they could text their friends all night. Also, you have no work life balance - I only worked part time but felt sorry for those who had to work days in a row, close store followed by being at store next morning at 5 am to open. Managers set schedule and many times favorite employees get only day hours and no or minimal weekends. Can't continue to do that and have employees want to work for you.

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Cons

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5.0
5 Oct 2016
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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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