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My sister has worked in Aldi in the UK for 15 years. She loves it. She started as a normal member of staff - they expect people to pitch in - you're on the che
by sofaofthedamned 7y ago
My sister has worked in Aldi in the UK for 15 years. She loves it.
She started as a normal member of staff - they expect people to pitch in - you're on the checkout, moving boxes, helping deliveries, etc. Nobody is immune from having to do work.
She's now an Area Manager and still pitches in when visiting a store - she doesn't walk around with a clipboard, she helps the staff to do their job.
The wages are so much better than other supermarkets in the UK, but they expect you to work for them. Our local Aldi has been closed for 5 months while they rebuild it. I miss it so much. The Tesco nearby is far more expensive and has staff just chatting. The Lidl is more austere but is more efficient and cheaper. As soon as it opens again i'll be doing 90% of my shop there.
- ljf 7y agoI was running a table at a graduate fair for my company and stood opposite the Aldi grad scheme guys. The grad salary ofter 5 years (if you are accepted on the programme) was great (£75k) and they expected you to be managing multiple stores in an area. They had quite a queue of students. https://www.aldirecruitment.co.uk/area-manager-programme/our-area-manager-programmes/graduate-area-manager-programme/ https://www.aldirecruitment.co.uk/area-manager-programme/our...
- opportune 7y agoI find it so weird how in the UK and much of the rest of europe, store managers and lots of blue collar jobs get paid so much more than software developers, even at large companies.
- foota 7y agoAre you saying your software engineers make below 75k?
- opportune 7y agoNo, I live in the US. But from what I've heard about software engineer salaries in the UK, even at most large multinationals (except only Google?), it seems someone with 5 yoe as a store manager at Aldis in the UK makes (afaik) more than basically every software engineer with 5 yoe in the UK
- toomanybeersies 7y agoI don't see why an area manager for Aldi stores shouldn't be getting paid a lot of money. It's not exactly an unskilled job, it just doesn't require extensive qualifications. You're managing large numbers of employees over several different stores. Some days I feel bad about how much money I make as a software engineer. It's an easy job. All I do is sit at a computer and write some code for a few hours a day. I don't have to manage employees or stock or anything like that, I just listen to music and hammer away at a keyboard.
- mwilliaams 7y agoMaybe it’s easy for you and many HN readers, but it’s hard for the average person. There aren’t many people that understand how to program, and there are much fewer who understand how to program well. At my tech company of around 30 people, even the most technically inclined employees don’t really understand programming. And I think my developer colleague is in the category that cannot program well. (I would optimistically say that I can.)
- dingaling 7y agoYes, as an enterprise architect for a big financial company I maxed-out at below 40k UKP
- kkarakk 7y agoWell their jobs are typically "easier" for values of hours worked and overtime expectation and holidays given plus really nice things in close walking distance. the quality of life is better and the money paid equals out. Living in the US is harsh in comparison in my experience
- jetbooster 7y agoCurrently software engineer, currently earning £42k, 2.5 years out of uni. So yes.