good for them. that’s how you get quality workers and reduce turnover
Aldi announces wage increases up to $23 an hour; hiring thousands of employees
Submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to workreform@lemmy.world
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/09/12/aldi-minimum-wage-hiring/75196829007/
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solsangraal@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They’re finally catching up with my local burger chain that offers health insurance, tuition, etc. Also in the US.
tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
“up to $23 an hour”… Doing a whole lotta heavy lifting in this headline.
How is it sane to list the maximum you can make, vs what to expect day 1?!
frank@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
It reads like the minimum went from $18 to $23. So the minimum is up from $18, to $23.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Aldi announced that it it looking to hire thousands of new workers, as well as increasing their minimum wage to $18 and $23 an hour.
My read on this, is that they are discussing the minimum for two separate positions. Potentially cashier and team leader. Would make sense as they don’t have many employees on shift at a time.
tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
I hope so. It would be a nice change compared to… Well… Everything.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Minimum does not mean “up to”.
damnedfurry@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s just being read wrong, it’s not written like a “save up to $10” kind of line. The “up” just describes the change (i.e. ‘the starting wage is going up; becoming $X’). Within the article, it’s completely unambiguous:
The national average starting wages for Aldi workers will be set at $18 an hour and $23 an hour for warehouse workers.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It is telling that Aldi is successfully expanding in the USA while keeping the same model that made it big in its home market of Germany and the rest of Europe.
When Walmart tried to gain a foothold in Germany, it hemorrhaged billions before giving up. The managers responsible covered their asses with bullshit about cultural differences or unions, but the truth is that they just couldn’t offer competitive prices. Looks like, even in the US, shoppers favor low prices over wasteful frills like greeters.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 months ago
Greeters are literally a charitable expense (that they’ve mostly replaced with security goons) the wasteful frills in Walmart are executive compensation and benefits.
Unbecredible@lemm.ee 7 months ago
hahahah right? I was like ‘uh…I don’t think that’s where all the money’s disappearing to my guy…’
General_Effort@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You think the managers at Aldi work for the satisfying feeling of serving their community or what? Aldi cut costs in any way possible and greeters are simply a very visible way.
Aldi isn’t really a direct competitor of Walmart. There are other more similar (hypermarket) chains in Germany that directly offered the same as Walmart. For its attempt to enter the german market, Walmart bought up a bankrupt chain of such hypermarkets. The stores were in worse locations than those of their competitors. Basically, it was unwanted left-overs. The Walmart, closest to me, was right next to its competitors but on the far side. It was just a little less convenient. If they had been able to offer better prices or quality, that might have made it worth it. But they couldn’t. There were only greeters and packagers.
Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yes please, we need more competition on groceries in rural Texas and also Arkansas as an extra special sort of fuck you to Walmart.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
One opened in my city, only Aldi within 50 miles. It is always packed and both of the major regional grocers have raised their “now hiring” wages several dollars, run much more aggressive deals, and their parking lots are maybe 4/5ths as full as they were a month ago.
Which is great for me because I’ve been to several Aldis and realized it just isn’t for me. Being one guy with a pretty weak appetite, the actual dollar savings don’t really come out to much for me (maybe -$10 versus a major grocer if I’m really stocking up), and the “Aldi Experience” doesn’t really mesh with how I buy food. It’s still great to have them in the market, though.
return2ozma@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Their produce is always super cheap. Same strawberries I’d get at Ralph’s (Kroger) for $4.99 I can get at Aldi for around $1.70
otp@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
And let me guess…“somehow”, they haven’t had to hack up their prices after raising wages, huh?
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No but the CEO had to cut down to just one new AMG Merc per year. It’s a doggy dog world out there
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
I’m lucky to have Aldi as my closest grocery store.
I do end up going to another half the time not because I don’t want to go to Aldi, but because I just need one odd ingredient I don’t think they’ll have.
sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 7 months ago
Did not know Aldi were in the States?
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Aldi Nord controlled stores in the US are Trader Joes, Aldi Sud stores in the US are just Aldi
AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 7 months ago
We have both Aldi here but they’re differently named. One is just Aldi, the other is Trader Joe’s.
It’s our super low cost grocer, that has in recent years become more high quality. When I was a kid (80s-90s) it was like “never buy fresh anything there because it’s all crap” but these days it’s all pretty decent quality stuff. Not like farmstand good, but better than Walmart.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 7 months ago
I’ve noticed refrigerated stuff and produce from Aldi tends to go bad pretty fast, but as long as you use it up within a few days it’s fine
shalafi@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Got one in my redneck suburb. We almost exclusively shop there.
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yeah, they’ve been in Texas at least 20 years. Looks like they are in most of the states in the eastern half of the continental US and the states along the southern border.
kofe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
We have some in the Midwest as well
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
Yes, they’re not the most common but they’re in most places here.
NoDignity@lemmy.world 7 months ago
They have been here in the US for a long time, I think their first american store opened in the 70s. Personally I love Aldi I shop at my local one here in Missouri at least once a week. Their price on extra firm tofu just can’t be beat its at least 1/3 the price it is at my other local supermarkets.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Look at ALDIs locations: stores.aldi.us
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
This is just in the USA, correct? Aldi in the EU is unaffected from what I can tell.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
I don’t mean this in an offensive way or a combative one, but the post title is using $ and the source is USA Today.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Maybe it was international.
finickydesert@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
It seems like just the US
Yokozuna@lemmy.world 7 months ago
LONG LIVE ALDI
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Great, now that they has bought winn-dixie, and is moving in places most where there are failed/failing regional chains, we will have even less competition.
Remember, despite saying Aldi does not discriminate based on union/desire to unionize, A LOT of their ex-management say they were straight up told to fire anyone who mentions it, and they would rather get sued for it, than allow it.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
meanwhile Lidl keeps laying people off because they went too crazy trying to expand in the US.
UniversalMonk@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That’s more than I make and I’m a teaching assistant at a public school. Good for them though!
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Aldi is awesome, I wish we had them here in Canada
MediaSensationalism@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I don’t know much about Aldi, but anything is better than Walmart.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
That doesn’t sound sustainable tbh.
auzy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
If workers like their job and feel appreciated, they work harder. The job also likely attracts better people.
I did night fill at a supermarket here in Australia once. And there are so many useless people working at them.
Here in Australia at least, supermarkets are making record profits, so it would simply be less money for shareholders
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m not talking about the pay rate, I’m talking about rapidly expanding into a market and hiring thousands of people.
This is exactly what companies like Google and Amazon due to keep a continuous cycle of growth and layoffs going for optics on share value.
zephorah@lemm.ee 7 months ago
And, the cashiers can sit down. Which makes sense.
fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 7 months ago
cashiers aren’t allowed to sit in usa?
GlendatheGayWitch@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Only office workers and managers are allowed to sit. If you’re in a customer-facing position with a chair, you’re supposed to stand up when helping a customer.
JakenVeina@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Cashier stations with chairs are VERY rare, yes. The general trope is that managers/owners think it makes workers appear lazy.
Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not at most places. At some point, someone told all the MBAs that it makes the customers mad if the employees look lazy or some shit.
Balooog@discuss.online 7 months ago
No, and even worse “if you have time to lean, you have time to clean”
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 7 months ago
In California, companies are required by law to provide them seating and let them sit down, but most everywhere else they are expected to stand.
zephorah@lemm.ee 7 months ago
It’s this bizarre thing. Management want them to “look busy” or some bullshit. Aldi looks busy.
You’ll see this on some factory floors too. No chairs even for the management or QA logging numbers on computers. Chairs are for break time or some such.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
Corporations make that decision.
Yes, seriously.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 months ago
Other than Aldi, pretty much no.
littlecolt@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Aldi is the only place I’ve seen. However, Aldi recently started installing self checkout, which I despise.
JakenVeina@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Cashier stations with chairs are VERY rare, yes. The general trope is that managers/owners think it makes workers appear lazy.
UniversalMonk@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not in any stores I have seen in my city.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
We don’t have it in Australia either apart from Aldi.
JakenVeina@lemm.ee 7 months ago
Cashier stations with chairs are VERY rare, yes. The general trope is that managers/owners think it makes workers appear lazy.