Aldi staff must scan 1000 items an hour or face the sack, claims ex-manager

Aldi’s claims that it can get you through the queue 40% quicker than its rivals comes at a cost: the job security of its staff – The Daily Mail reports.

Former Aldi Deputy Manager - turned whistleblower - Andrei Ignatsecu, claims that checkout clerks face the sack if they don’t scan at least 1,000 items an hour. This equates to an item every 3.5 seconds.

Staff that fail to meet this target can be let go.

Ignatescu, who worked at a store in Ely, Cambridgeshire, spoke to The Daily Mail: “We all got performance reviews and deputy managers would get told if they were not keeping up. If you don’t hit these targets, you are shown your actual speed and have a performance review meeting with managing staff. If this happens three times you can be let go.