I'm from the UK but can shed some light on this.

Aldi is basically Lidl in disguise, literally cut from the same cloth. I used to work for Lidl and can tell you this is legalised slavery, you will have NO sleep, NO friends, NO life if you work for a company like that, the Germans are literally rolling out a retail bootcamp across the world here, and it is clear how they can keep their prices so low.

I went for the Grad scheme at Lidl, as the money seemed good, I would be a graduate store manager and progress quickly I thought. WRONG. They are economical with the truth to say the least, you will enter as a 'Graduate Deputy Store Manager' despite them plastering adverts of earning £27k a year here there and everywhere. You will merely have the 'chance' prospect of becoming the top dog if you 'prove yourself' - no different to any other organisation if I might say. It is a marketing trick, you will go through hell with 60 hours plus a week with no overtime pay, you will be required to sig away your employment rights on the first day. As a result you are a slave, if you don't comply you are sacked.

As a result you will be sitting on a checkout sweating, customer after customer, with no food breaks allowed, you will clean the floors and toilets along with the others who ave been sold the lie - 'this is not as advertised' is a common thought, you literally go mental so I had to leave.