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Originally Posted by edpontiac91
Yeah, I looked into it awhile back. As the Manager, you are the receiving clerk, register person, stock room person, maintenance man and you get 1 register and 1 stock person to help you out. It's also open 7 days a week and you'll be there about 60-65 of those hours. If you got a strong back and legs(both of which I do not have at this stage of my life)you might do OK, but don't plan on ANY sit down time during your shift!
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That's a manager, different job, does not require a degree and and pays between 55 and 80k I believe. Obviously you get 80k, after spending a few years as a store manager.
The position I was talking about is District Manager, there is a year worth of training involved. And training does include 16 weeks as a store manager, so yes you WILL bust your ass. You can choose to work 7 days a week, but you do make your own schedule so you can work three (as my gf will next week). Sometimes you work more, sometimes you work less. But as a trainee you work A LOT, and if you hear different that's BS. However, Aldi says that they will work you like a horse the first year right off the bat. They will make you run the register, and scrub the floor, but for 70k its not that bad. Where it gets hard is running the store, by yourself. There's no stock guy, or a guy who will help you - so if you are a girl things will be tough. But who here thought that they would just give 70k and a car to just anybody, you have to earn it.
After the training, you go into your DM training program where you shadow a DM and basically follow him/her for 6 months. After that is complete you get your own territory of about 4 or 5 stores, and well, do what managers do, manage, hire employees, help out, set up new stores. Aldi says that on average you will spend about 3 hours a day driving between your stores and checking out if everything is fine, if its fine, you can do whatever you want.
The training is brutal by most accounts, you can work 60 hours on a GOOD week, but on a bad week you will spend there a lot more time. But if you can get through it, it seems to be pretty good. As a DM you only have to work one weekend, you of course make your own schedule, and just keep up with the store. There is also a DM meeting once every 6 weeks I believe, the rest of the time is up for you to distribute.
P.S. and yes a store manager can make more money than a DM, at least initially. DM's get a salary increase every year, and after 4 years its promotion time to Dir. of Ops. or other 4 director position available within every district of Aldi. ( of course you have to have done good while a DM).
But yea store time is brutal, I talk to my gf all the time and she's a fan of it.