I interviewed at a warehouse for ALDI today – what a weird experience. The interview was five minutes long, and it was mostly me asking the interviewer questions. I asked about sick time (as they mentioned 8 days of PTO per year) and they said their employees get five unpaid sick days, doctor's note required. When I asked how they mitigated food-born illness transmission (because that's not a lot, and those people are handling food, obviously), the interviewer didn't have an answer (quite literally said “What?”).
I'm not sure if this is standard for all ALDI warehouses, but given the company's country of origin is Germany, I expected them to have higher standards regarding things like that. In addition, I was given conflicting information on the 8 days of PTO – the introductory video we had to watch implied that you got 8 days of PTO after 90 days of employment, but the interviewer said it was “after your first year”.
If they offer me the job, I'm almost certainly turning it down. I was just baffled as I've heard they had really good labor standards and from what I was told, they really don't.