Industrial Placement Review

It was a very good placement, with plenty of opportunities arising, so it was never boring and there was always something new to learn. The people that work for ALDI are excellent as well, making it very enjoyable.

My colleagues were excellent, everyone was very welcoming and helpful throughout the year. From Store to Head Office, all employees were happy to help.

My supervisor was great over the year, the company put you with Managers and Area Managers that have great experience with ALDI so that helps a lot. A lot of the learning you will do practically though, so it is done on your own. This works well as I learnt a lot quicker this way.

There is always something to do, whether it be in Store or at Head Office. This is good though as time goes by very quickly and you learn to manage several tasks at once. I enjoyed having a lot to do because you are never bored and you become a very efficient worker.

I joined the Store at Assistant Manager level from day one. This is tough as Store Assistants know a lot more than you when you start but you learn a lot very quickly. If you are willing to work hard then you will learn a massive amount and will be given the opportunities to progress further. At the end of my time in Store, I was in charge and running the Store when I was in. The project work is very independent as well, I was given a brief, outlining what was wanted and a date to present it, and it was up to me how to complete the project.

I learnt a massive amount working at ALDI. My store time helped me to develop many skills which will be very useful later in life and the same can be said about Head Office. The work at Head Office will be very helpful for my last year of University as it has given me a great insight into the company and how it operates.

Everyone was very helpful and got on well.

I was given a plan outlining my year and how it would be split up. Sometimes opportunities came up and so I did not stick to the plan, but this was good because it gave me more opportunities to better myself.

They invested a lot of time training me. In store trainees are allocated a set amount of hours in which to be trained. This will be used by the Store Manager to show you how to do the jobs in the store and then to practice these tasks on your own. ALDI allowed me to make mistakes, it was expected, but I learnt from these mistakes and grew because of them.

ALDI are happy to take on the Industrial Placement students onto the Graduate Scheme where you train to be an Area Manager. If you are good enough and show it on the placement year then you have a massive step up on every other applicant for the role.

Everyone got on really well, including all of the placement students. We were all at Head Office together and so were able to spend a lot of time together which was good.

I lived at home.

I lived at home.

There was the occasional event in which employees of the company spend time outside of work together.