Aldi Assessment

Lodge89 · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:02

Got past the application process, been invited to the Assessment day which is just after the New Year. Any tips on how to approach it? It's for one of the Distributions not stores and it's Order Picking they call them Selectors.

Stolly · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:05

Turn up with a pulse and a work visa. Only one of these is compulsory.

Lodge89 · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:08

Haha. The pay is very good and they seem a serious company to work for, so i think it could be tricky to impress.

dholdi · 1 Jan 2017 at 23:19

The pay is good in comparison to what ?

Lodge89 · 2 Jan 2017 at 21:27

Well i'm currently on 8.42 in my workplace atm, however Aldi for a similar job is 11.71 and goes up to 13.27 after one year.

dowie · 2 Jan 2017 at 21:37

get yourself a degree and they'll pay 42k rising to 70k within 4 years + an Audi A4 thrown in as your company car, not too bad as far as grad schemes go

Lodge89 · 2 Jan 2017 at 22:16

Yeah would be good that. The hours for Order Selectors are 30 hours a week, i think 5 on 2 off. So 6 hours a shift probably.

sigma · 2 Jan 2017 at 22:35

dowie said:
get yourself a degree and they'll pay 42k rising to 70k within 4 years + an Audi A4 thrown in as your company car, not too bad as far as grad schemes go

Don't most people burn out?

Wizzfizz · 2 Jan 2017 at 22:38

dholdi said:
The pay is good in comparison to what ?

It's a job. Never look down on someone whatever the pay they get.

wndsr · 2 Jan 2017 at 22:40

I would echo sentiments about pay and benefits, everything I have heard from my younger pals at University who work for them has been very positive.

dowie · 2 Jan 2017 at 23:00

sigma said:
Don't most people burn out?

Probably, but then again the pool they have to recruit from probably isn't the most competitive either even if they do have large number of applications. wouldn't be surprised if turnover was high and the job difficult else they'd perhaps not be paying as much for a retail job.

sigma · 2 Jan 2017 at 23:42

dowie said:
Probably, but then again the pool they have to recruit from probably isn't the most competitive either even if they do have large number of applications.

What makes you say that? Because it's 'only' retail? Sure it might not attract people who want to go into banking but not all smart people want to go into banking.

dowie · 3 Jan 2017 at 04:28

Pretty much, yes. It is old fashioned retail and as far as desirable companies to work for go it is probably on the opposite end of the scale to google, facebook etc.. Also it isn't as though you necessarily need a degree in order to run a supermarket, in this instance it simply acts more as a crude talent filter.

The salary somewhat makes up for this and likely gives them a decent sized pool of applicants but it is still likely a rather different population to say hopeful amazon employees. They probably want to extract maximum value for the amount they're promising too so long hours, high turnover wouldn't be a surprise. Presumably the model works for them, they're able to find enough talented, motivated people by this method and let the unsuitable ones fail/quit/burn out.

BennyC · 3 Jan 2017 at 12:29

dowie said:
get yourself a degree and they'll pay 42k rising to 70k within 4 years + an Audi A4 thrown in as your company car, not too bad as far as grad schemes go

A friend considered this a few years ago. Very rewarding but equally their store staff is generally kept to a minimum so even as a Store Manager you will be mucking in with deliveries, stacking and serving. So you definitely earn your keep.

ValiantUK91 · 4 Jan 2017 at 21:07

My brother has just left aldi he said the pay is decent enough but you definitely earn it, one minute your stacking shelves then on the tils then cleaning up back to stacking shelfs in the back helping with deliveries.

hornetstinger · 4 Jan 2017 at 21:11

No different to what I do. Although pretty relaxed you're not slogging all shift.

dholdi · 4 Jan 2017 at 22:06

Wizzfizz said:
It's a job. Never look down on someone whatever the pay they get.

Pretty wild and inaccurate assumption that.

Gornall · 5 Jan 2017 at 09:17

dholdi said:
Pretty wild and inaccurate assumption that.

I think it's fair. You shouldn't exclusively judge someone for what they do/earn.

Swifty55 · 5 Jan 2017 at 09:30

dholdi said:
The pay is good in comparison to what ?

Similar jobs in other companies?

Lodge89 · 5 Jan 2017 at 22:04

Had my assessment for the Selector position yesterday.There was 3 tests, the Spatial test was hard a lot of people froze as you had to finish it within 5 minutes on each one and was shown around the place.. it was massive trust me and that's both the Ambient and Chilled areas.If i get past this stage it will be a face to face interview. I'm a pragmatist, so see what happens. The shift patterns are 4 on 2 off, basically still 5/7/