u/CondemnedSystem

The company likes to claim that we are paid above the industry standard. With wages for the store employees taking affect in the near future, I figured I would check the competition. This only reflects Store Manager salary(it was the simplest to compare directly), as there is too many positions across all the companies to do this for. But you have figure if they short changing the Store Managers this much vs. other companies, then we all our most likely being under paid comparably.

Walmart - $128,00 plus bonuses ($218,000-$400,000)

Sam's club - $100- $110,000 plus bonuses

Kroger - $70,000 - $85,000 plus bonuses ($90,000-$115,000)

Costco - $138,000 plus bonuses and stock options ( $178,000 - $400,000)

Publix - $85,000 - $139,000 plus bonuses ($135,000 - $202,000)

Aldi - $70,000 -$97,000 plus bonuses   ($82,000 - $110,000)

I think it is easy to say that most, if not all of us don't like some sort of aspect that the company has changed. We can bitch all we want but it does us no good in the grand scheme of things. For there to be changes.nation wide it is going to take the customers to make it happen. If they stop shopping because they can't get serviced, cant get the product they want because we have to run Curbside or what ever. ALDIS bottom dollar is going to have to hurt for change to happen. Thats it, bottom line. I saw another post on a different social media talking about a "union", but like it was discussed in the comments they will shut stores down before that can happen. The only way a Union would work is if you got a entire market to do it at one time. Then, it would be to many stores to close. Yet again there bottom line would be hurt.

Alright, I have been with the company close to 20yrs and I am going to say something that people know but neglect to do because they are scared. When your store or division is a test/piolet for a new program/procedure give all the negative feed back you can.

It is truly in the beginning stages of development when our input matters the most. If you just agree and say things work so you don't have to deal with it you are making our lives so much harder. They will then use the line "it was created and tested by your peers" to say it works. When truthfully there is plenty that could change to make it better. Once they start rolling it out to other division things will not change.

To many people in this company are "YES men", and it is what allows unrealistic shit to happen. People need to grow balls and speak up. It may not change anything for the company but you will be surprised what it can do for your store. If enough people are loud about it trust me things will change and I don't mean on the internet. Get your SM to speak up to your DM and when the DoO and VP visit your store they should have a professional enough relationship that they can voice their concerns to them in a professional way. They key is to make it not sound like you bitching about everything. They appreciate honesty, aslong as it is delivered correctly. If you SM is not willing to do this sorry to say you have a weak leader who is more concerned about themselves then their staff. People can't complain about things being a shit show, if they are not willing to say it in person to the people that matter.

For the people in IL. that see the CEO and CFO and whomever else I am interested to hear what kind of conversations you have with them about the companies direction.

So I did my sleep study. They said I was having 27 events an hour.( I guess that's bad) I went back a week later for my second to be fitted for a mask, less than a week after that I am at home with my new CPAP machine with a variety of masks(nose pillow, nose mask, full face). I tried to use it every night for four week. During that entire time I didn't sleep more than four hours a night. I can not get used to the air being forced into me, also the pure force it took to exhale. I told my DR. and the pressure settings were lowered but to no avail it still didn't work. I would put the mask on and lay in bed for hours until I physically couldn't hold my eyes open just to fall asleep. Within a couple hours I was awake and just be mad. This continued for a bit, eventually I dreaded to go to bed and even being in my own bedroom. My wife is scared to death I am going to die in my sleep so I kept with it. I became a very ill person in the morning due to the lack of sleep, my family was even keeping there distance. I was told it would get better to just stay with it and I tried, lord I tried. But I can't do it. It was easier to quit smoking than to use this thing. Congrats to the people who can do it, but I can't.

Want to add I wasn't sleeping bad before my study, or have a lack of energy or anything similar. I am a very active individual and go ti the gym a coupke times a week.I was sent because of my blood pressure. I am going to blame genetics.