New starters earn £45,000 at Aldi

Is it time for a career change in the economic downturn? Cut-price supermarkets chain Aldi could receive a rush of applications after boss Paul Foley revealed his graduate trainees enjoy a mouthwatering starting salary of £45,000.

After three years in the job, that rises to £57,750, with an all-expenses-paid top-of-therange Audi thrown in. That appears around twice the going rate at all other supermarkets.

According to the websites of the other major supermarkets, graduate trainees at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda, Waitrose and Marks & Spencer start on a salary of between £21,500 and £25,000.

Aldi's £45k starting salary would also trump a junior doctor (circa £30,000), trainee solicitors (£35,000) and even rookie investment bankers (also around £35,000).

- City Spy, Evening Standard

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Comments

[Smurfette]

Im 19 and currently work at lidls as a trainee duty manager full time. The work load for managers is a lot. not only do they need to take care of the office work but the running of the store and 99% of the time you will find managers on the shop floor working.
As for the comment about them being cashiers aswell, that is only the case once in a while when someone has called in sick and they need to help out untill a replacement has arrived. Lidl is a hands on job where you need to be flexible in every department. Even the Cashiers need to be prepared to get there hands dirty, stock needs to be put out aswell as tidying the store and this can be from working in the warehouse to straightening up bottles on a shelf. Its definately a hands on job at Lidls. Girls if you only wanna look pretty and not get that manicure ruined work at any number of the other stores where they employ you just for that. And guys if all you wanna do is sit in a office and act like you are working then go sit in a office some where else, again Lidl is a job thats requires effort. Rewards are if you look out for the store you work in, the Company will look out for you.

[Smith]

This is not true

[Lyd Ells]

i also worked for lidl and where you would see one person doing one job in sainsburys or tesco, in lidl one person would be doing the work of around 3 people. Everything is timed and managers do have a lot more work to do than you think (although I should hope so for £45k at Aldi!)

[hussnain]

i don't think this is true and part of some kind of stunt to promote employments at their store can so can some one from the organization please confirm this

[K8P]

I worked for Lidls and I must admit they do pay very well, but they do expect their money's worth. It is physically and mentally demanding, the managers are expected muck in with everybody else, cleaning the floor, on the checkouts. It is not a job for somebody who wants to hide in the office talking on their mobile all day.