Any Aldi managers?
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Local Aldi is advertising for managers and assistant managers and I'm applying.
Been in I.T. for donkeys years and had enough, sick to death of hearing whiney t
ts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working".
I've heard that Aldi expect their pound of flesh but I'm not afraid of hard work, physical or otherwise and would be interested to hear any anecdotes from employees/ex-employees or anyone who knows people who have worked for them.
Been in I.T. for donkeys years and had enough, sick to death of hearing whiney t
ts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working".I've heard that Aldi expect their pound of flesh but I'm not afraid of hard work, physical or otherwise and would be interested to hear any anecdotes from employees/ex-employees or anyone who knows people who have worked for them.
maxrider said:
Local Aldi is advertising for managers and assistant managers and I'm applying.
Been in I.T. for donkeys years and had enough, sick to death of hearing whiney tts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working".
I've heard that Aldi expect their pound of flesh but I'm not afraid of hard work, physical or otherwise and would be interested to hear any anecdotes from employees/ex-employees or anyone who knows people who have worked for them.
Not the best way to advertise yourself, part of managing is taking the blame for everything which probably means your going to be moaned at more than you are now. Been in I.T. for donkeys years and had enough, sick to death of hearing whiney t
ts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working".I've heard that Aldi expect their pound of flesh but I'm not afraid of hard work, physical or otherwise and would be interested to hear any anecdotes from employees/ex-employees or anyone who knows people who have worked for them.
Stevenj214 said:
I haven't and don't know anyone, but I think their graduate package speaks volumes.
£40k + Audi A4 for fresh graduates as Trainee Managers. The attrition rate is high and many only stick it for a year or 2.
My cousin started as a graduate trainee for Aldi, he's now Product Director at Tescos.£40k + Audi A4 for fresh graduates as Trainee Managers. The attrition rate is high and many only stick it for a year or 2.
Negative Creep said:
maxrider said:
sick to death of hearing whiney tts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working"
Yeah, now you can have whiney tts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working"ts moaning you won't give them a refund for something they have no box or receipt for. They know their rights you see and the customer is always right.
maxrider said:
Negative Creep said:
maxrider said:
sick to death of hearing whiney tts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working"
Yeah, now you can have whiney tts moaning at me that so-and-so "isn't working"ts moaning you won't give them a refund for something they have no box or receipt for. They know their rights you see and the customer is always right.I did retail management many moons ago (for nothing like the package Aldi offer) and while the long hours, physically demanding and often demeaning work was bad, nothing can top the people who walk through the door for ruining your day.
I brief, I've been threatened with a range of weapons, from knives, a baseball bat all the way to a syringe full of a junkie's blood. I was called things that don't bare repeating and had to manhandle various scrotes out of the store on at least a weekly basis.
I now work in an office (have done for 10+ years) and colleagues always comment on how calm I am at work, and how i never fall out with people...
Edited by TTwiggy on Monday 15th November 10:45
Worked until recently as a Deputy Manager at Lidl, we had a couple of ex-Aldi managers as well so this applies to them too
The job is physical and you will be expected to put stock out with the rest of the staff and run a till as well sometimes. The staff levels are absolute bare minimum with stiff productivity targets.
You have to be organised as the job is perfectly possible if you keep up with everything and can organise yourself and colleagues to work hard and efficiently, if you get behind then it is very hard to bring it back and this is where you will see people on the internet moaning about 14 hour days as if you get behind you will be expected to bring it back (although as I said there is no reason for this to happen often).
My biggest problem was the gap between shifts, for example a late shift would be 11am-10pm (some nights you would be out at 10.30pm) and then the next day you would be starting at 5am-4pm.
The job was enjoyable and the day actually went quickly because you were so busy. Please don't apply unless you are sure that you can work hard enough for long enough, you won't be sitting in the office like a lot of other supermarket managers.
On the plus side you will almost certainly be working with a decent number of early 20s Eastern European chicks
The job is physical and you will be expected to put stock out with the rest of the staff and run a till as well sometimes. The staff levels are absolute bare minimum with stiff productivity targets.
You have to be organised as the job is perfectly possible if you keep up with everything and can organise yourself and colleagues to work hard and efficiently, if you get behind then it is very hard to bring it back and this is where you will see people on the internet moaning about 14 hour days as if you get behind you will be expected to bring it back (although as I said there is no reason for this to happen often).
My biggest problem was the gap between shifts, for example a late shift would be 11am-10pm (some nights you would be out at 10.30pm) and then the next day you would be starting at 5am-4pm.
The job was enjoyable and the day actually went quickly because you were so busy. Please don't apply unless you are sure that you can work hard enough for long enough, you won't be sitting in the office like a lot of other supermarket managers.
On the plus side you will almost certainly be working with a decent number of early 20s Eastern European chicks
speedyguy said:
Anyway as a manager shouldn't you be 'delegating' shelfstacking 
I used to work at a Tesco that pulled in £70m a year and of that there was a huge yearly profit (although I cannot remember the exact figure now).That didn't stop them from reducing staff numbers year on year (over 6 years I was there). On top of that, the managers of all levels would have to muck in with shelf stacking etc including the store manager at times.
I also used to work on the checkouts and all managers bar maybe the top 2/3 would have to be till trained as well to fill in gaps when we were ridiculously short staffed. It was a joke on Saturday nights when you had queues 10 people long and only 3 tills open!
So if ALDI are operating a bare minimum staff policy I would expect a hard days physical work everyday on top of all the other stuff they have to do.
Edited by Mojooo on Monday 15th November 11:25
TTwiggy said:
I did retail management many moons ago (for nothing like the package Aldi offer) and while the long hours, physically demanding and often demeaning work was bad, nothing can top the people who walk through the door for ruining your day.
Yep, work in a cheap shop part time to help fund my degree and what you say is so true.And that's coming from someone who can literally just say 'you'll have to take it up with my manager, that's not my responsibility'.
There's some f
kers about, and you can guarantee it's the bad ones that will ruin your day, no matter how many nice customers you get you'll always remember the bad ones.worsy said:
andy400 said:
worsy said:
andy400 said:
I know an Aldi area manager. He is pretty well rewarded for his efforts but, for want of a better term, they 'own' him.
+1Hmmm South West, might be the same guy I know.
Stevenj214 said:
worsy said:
andy400 said:
worsy said:
andy400 said:
I know an Aldi area manager. He is pretty well rewarded for his efforts but, for want of a better term, they 'own' him.
+1Hmmm South West, might be the same guy I know.
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