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German-owned Aldi is one of the world’s largest privately-owned companies with over 7,000 stores in Europe, the US and Australia. But at UK universities, Aldi is as well-known for its graduate opportunities as its low-cost groceries. The company pays the highest starting salary of any employer featured in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey – an eye-catching £39,000 plus an Audi A4 car – for trainees on the area management programme. The scheme promises that new graduates will be managing their own store within weeks and be responsible for 4-6 stores in under two years. Aldi are No 9 in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey 2007.
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I worked for Aldi for two years and in reality it is certainly not in the top 10 for graduates to work. The salary is the only thing which makes this a top company to work for.
Whilst working there you work on average 60 hours a week, working 12 hour shifts without a break or lunch break.
You do run a store very soon, yes, but you only have about 6 staff to manage and on a typical busy day you will only have 2 staff members and yourself running the store and doing everything!
Definetly not a top 10 graduate company!
Peter , London,
What they dont tell you is the hours you'll be working and the culture of the firm; every single one under the sun and cut throat!
Having participated and facilitated your research whilst at Lancaster Uni and worked for Aldi for four years, I feel your research would be better titled
"Who advertises themselves most effectively to Graduates"
I honestly believe that Graduates only rank employers based on their marketing and the money they offer - and the reality is that most employers fail to live up the hype they create around their graduate programs.
I now work for Deloitte who pay less but promote a stronger work life balance ethic. They deserve their higher ranking for this reason alone.
I would love to see a "What do they think now" special asking those same graduates how they would rank those firms after working for them.
James, London,