For those of you or you know of people that are either affected or will be going through some sort of transition, did your phone number showed as +1 on the employee directory?

I wouldn't have minded taking a severance package. Could have saved one of my teammates who I know couldn't afford to lose his job, and he did. I'll never understand why a voluntary round isn't always offered before an involuntary one. Wouldn't that... — read more 

What's going on here? Is this just my group or a wider pattern?

Have there been any changes since the last time?

It’s that time of year again! Joan’s sending out cryptic meeting invites! Any idea what this is about? Who’s getting laid off this time?

We were told today that one BD in CA is gone and one in Batavia. Does anyone know if they got laid off or were fired or something? Or if there are more?

Did anyone of the HR people that for fired a severage Package or did they just got kicked out ?

Don’t let this chatter die out on these anonymous threads. Post about it on social media. Tell your friends. Go on Reddit. They despise bad press. After all they quickly hid the fact that they removed DE&I. What a scramble and cluster that was?... — read more 

Somebody asked in another thread if we're going to do quarterly layoffs until only Atty is left, and frankly and sadly, I think that's much closer to the truth than the poster intended. The way things have been developing, it seems that we've reached... — read more 

Group meeting followed by a touch base meeting informing role will be eliminated. HR executive stated that the company is moving to "A Global HR Model" and that outsourcing of Admin and "transactional" tasks will be taking place by Genpact an... — read more 

US corporate employees received messaging to work remotely on Thursday January 15th 2026. Reasoning was to facilitate multiple meetings regarding department changes. Very similar tone to last year's email. Staff is worried.

Hearing Aldi is centralizing IT into Germany. Austria and Australia IT teams reportedly impacted. Anyone know more? Anything planned for US or UK?

30 SMs in Germany and 12 in Poland

What is going on for construction over at BAT? Teams are moving there on Monday yet half of the building is still closed. Can someone shed some light on what is ACTUALLY going on? Not sure why they are cramming everyone into a building that isn’t... — read more 

Has anyone else had a business update today? It's been very carefully worded not as redundancies in the update however colleagues in Germany reporting redundancies to the CI department

I have heard a rumor on Reddit that there are more layoffs.

I was told the next round will impact pricing as well. I don't believe they have been impacted thus far.

I heard from a few people that there will be more layoffs at the beginning of Q3. Does anyone have any details or heard any confirmation on this? Or even what department?

For the people impacted by the layoffs, what does the severance package look like?

Since covid she would hardly work, and would joke about it regularly how she "loved" being paid and not working basically, She was still "working" from home 3 days a week and spent most of those days out shopping or doing thing around the house... — read more 

I left a good job at WFM because I was under the impression that Aldi offered some of the best job security among major grocers. I’m not talking about small chains, we don’t even have those where I live. I honestly didn’t expect to be facing... — read more 

I have a question, maybe someone can help me. I am on a maternity leave and was not notified. Do you think I am safe. I am scheduled to return fairly shortly. I hoping I am not outting myself out, I know there are at least two addtl girls in the same... — read more 

A new round of corporate meetings occurred only 4 months after the last one Employees find the frequency of these meetings disturbing 120 job losses confirmed 10 employees were terminated immediately The remaining 110 will lose... — read more 

I’m not on one of the impacted teams, but I have been sobbing all afternoon. I don’t feel safe in my job anymore. How can aldi claim to be a great place to work while discarding 120 employees?

Things seem to have calmed down in the last hour somewhat. Can we assume that everybody who was to be notified was notified?

120 Losses with 10 Effective immediately June 12, 2025, 110 losses will occur Oct 2025 Staff instructed to work from home day prior in anticipation for department updates.

Any word on what departments are impacted?

Batavia buying teams- any update on who will be impacted next week?

The company has stopped distributing the usual HR emails that announce staffing changes—including new hires, department transfers, and departures. Ex-staff members' reports suggest they are conducting retroactive reviews going back as far as six... — read more 

And none of it for the better.

Wait a darn minute, Aldi must be working overtime to keep this layoff of Corporate staff out of the news. Especially when cuts are being made globally.

Some areas know how many people will be let go, but they have no idea who or when, and it could take up to two years for everyone to be notified or affected? Am I misunderstanding this? Please tell me I’m wrong because this sounds unnecessarily... — read more 

I do not have knowledge of any concrete facts about cuts and reorg and I am hearing from upper level folks that they are not informed too (at least that's what they are saying)... I am expecting the unveiling of buying 3.0 and the centralization of... — read more 

First divisional office staff were centralized. Then national finance was outsourced. Now lifelong employees are unceremoniously let go on calls with 800 people. The end goal of SAP is increased automation and increased centralization. The US office... — read more 

WFH and meeting blocks, anyone know what’s up?