Retail Management apprentice Review

by Aldi

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

5.9/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Managing the team on the shop floor, organising breaks, dealing with the safe.

5/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Development of communication skills

7/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

The content itself isn’t interesting but the practical side is

7/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

I went through 3 mentors and they forgot about me for the first year, the store didn’t know how to handle an apprentice

3/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

My employer has been very helpful when trying to resolve issues

8/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

Given plenty of time and opportunities to learn and develop

8/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

A lot of the parts were just elaborate ways of phrasing common sense

7/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

We are a store not a school, sometimes we go out for drinks with colleagues

2/10

9a. Would you recommend Aldi to a friend?

9b. Why?

Aldi is a fast passed and stressful job, it requires long hours and weird times of the day. I wouldn’t recommend it to a friend as it requires a lot of effort for the pay.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Aldi?

Make sure you understand the variety of the shifts that you will be undertaking, a lot of free time will be lost and it will be a large change compared to school/collage