I have been involved with a liaison with a young lady from my local Aldi's store over the Christmas and New Year period.

She is a deputy manageress at the store and it has been interesting to hear how they operate with regards to their members of staff.

They usually receive a 3/4 week advanced shift staff rota but it appears far from set in stone.

They can be pencilled in for an 8 hour shift but rang up often on the day and told they aren't busy and asked to come in a couple of hours later after their stated shift start time.

She is also actively encouraged to send staff home a couple of hours before end of shift if the store isn't particularly busy.

They also receive a standard rate for all hours worked.

Nothing extra for lates or weekends.



Employers taking the p1ss and getting away with it 2014.

I've forwarded a link to this thread to Aldi head office.



Actually, I haven't. That would be almost as sad as you actually popping into Aldi.



Or have I?



Maybe I have.



BTW, I thought it was common knowledge Aldi are the supermarket version of RyanAir. That said, as far as I'm aware they pay pretty well in comparison to their competitors and offer generous graduate management schemes. But they definitely make you work for every penny.

More FlyBe, not the best in the world but by no means the worst.







Its the same right across retail not just the discounters.



For what its worth I'd say the the store manager has had his backside kicked by the area manager/head office and is taking it out on the staff, it is really his job to weed out the poor workers rather than attack his whole team like that.

Ahh cod'ead, I had been warned about you, that you were a cantankerous and repellant old man. Considering you choose to call me an idiot, I can safely say the warnings were right. No wonder the rlfans forums have gone down hill with now only about 3 people posting each day, with people like you around.



Anyway, To answer your question, No, i am not privvy to the shareholders list of walmart. Considering it is listed on the stock exchange, I am assuming that a list of shareholders would be quite colossal. Again, i see no problem with trying to keep the shareholders happy to the detriment of the workers as they will never have a problem filling staff vacancies. The main aim of a company afterall is to maximise shareholder wealth.



Regards



King James

Given that the Walton family own over 50% of the stock and are seeking to buy back even more, I'd suggest that WalMart exists to keep the Waltons in clover and at thr detriment of their employees. But that's OK with you? Righto

You can forward whatever you like sunshine.

Does it stick in your throat that some may benefit from protection and representation from an over-zealous and aggressive employer?

Would you have me shackled and transported around the world?