Good pay but zero work-life balance but no growth - Store Manager ALDI Employee Review

2.0
May 20, 2026
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Pros

Pay is good and your team is great if you can build it yourself.

Cons

ZERO work life balance. Upper management demands demands demands while they suck the benefits of you killing your self daily and on your days off to make numbers look great. You are replaceable, even if you work your tail off. You can give 110% and upper management will ask you where the other 90% is. No more growth past store manager. Company concept is there but the values are no longer prominent. Company is going downhill unfortunately.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Great pay Hours were always there The manager at my location is a rare gem. Never had a boss quite like him. Everyone I worked with became like my family.

Cons

EXTREMELY physically demanding. I injured myself multiple times while I worked there.

5.0
Oct 5, 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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