Soldato
Not tried the filter coffee so will avoid based on this comment.
Any one tried the instant coffee?
Any one tried the instant coffee?
Anyone shop at Aldi?
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Man of Honour
That'll probably be down to the fact that even your basic Aldi worker is on nearly £10ph IIRC.
Soldato
See what I mean about the "too good to be true" comment from before?
They pay the staff well, they sell cheap (and mostly) good food.
Are they peddling cocaine?
Its all a cover up
Soldato
I remember Aldi advertising trainee manager jobs starting at £30k+. That was a few years ago, not bad, and their training courses are going to be pretty good I'd imagine.
Man of Honour
I've seen them advertising £9 odd up here in the midlands.
£7.50 rising to £9.50 according to their website.
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See what I mean about the "too good to be true" comment from before?
They pay the staff well, they sell cheap (and mostly) good food.
Are they peddling cocaine?
Its all a cover up
Add to that their mind boggling graduate scheme. 41k starting rising 25k within 4 years, Audi A4, all the health benefits, paid expenses etc.
Soldato
The local Aldi's and Lidl by me get paid £9.50 an hour, that's a standard checkout/shop floor worker, managers get significantly more.
Soldato
Wasn't sure if serious but then I saw this, WDF... I think I chose the wrong career path.
http://www.graduates.aldirecruitment.co.uk/
Man of Honour
You are fully expected to hand your life over to them though so you'll never actually get to spend any of that lovely salary.
Soldato
The Bratwurst from Aldi are good, especially when cooked on the barbecue. Perhaps the horse content adds to the flavour? Who knows...
Good place to cut your teeth to save a few pennies for a house though. Do it while you're young and can handle that sort of job.
Associate
This, This and This.
Recently returned from a Holiday comprising mainly of bratwurst and the ones offered by Aldi are the only ones that come close to what I was having over there!
Not everyone would want an Audi A4, it seems a very odd thing to include as an absolute with no choice in a package. I'd be a bit miffed to be forced to drive an A4 around all the time instead of a car allowance package for example. Usually a company will offer a car allowance or a list of cars.
Soldato
Associate
From memory the dropout rate is extremely high. Expected to do 60+ hours a week.
40% drop out rate at Aldi just at manager level.
The reason they pay so well is because Aldi as a corporation is so lean!
For example the Plymouth city store.... there are 4 conveyer belts IIRC but I have never seen more than 2 of them manned at once. So only 2 staff to pay for that role: but I have seen the manager sitting at the belt doing that role.
There must be about 4 members of staff in the whole store.
Compare that to tesco express, a smaller store but more staff in general.
Same up top in management, Tesco must have over 1000 levels of management, Aldi probably has about 20.
This is ultra efficient but as you can imagine not an ideal stress-free work environment.
The reason they pay so well is because Aldi as a corporation is so lean!
For example the Plymouth city store.... there are 4 conveyer belts IIRC but I have never seen more than 2 of them manned at once. So only 2 staff to pay for that role: but I have seen the manager sitting at the belt doing that role.
There must be about 4 members of staff in the whole store.
Compare that to tesco express, a smaller store but more staff in general.
Same up top in management, Tesco must have over 1000 levels of management, Aldi probably has about 20.
This is ultra efficient but as you can imagine not an ideal stress-free work environment.
Man of Honour
That's what the free health insurance is for, got to keep they patched up and running some how!