Pros
Great introductory salary. Tremendous initial amount of responsibility and experience.
Cons
Amongst area managers there was no real time for a life. "Mentorship" is great if you get the right mentor. In my case there was no common ground. I was paired with an area manager who was boastful about working 21 days without a day off and seemed incapable of having a non-Aldi conversation. I appreciate shop talk at work is important, but on a 3 hour drive there should be at least a hint of other interests. Honestly, 40k and an Audi sounds great, but you will end up forgoing some pretty valuable years of post graduation life. You've waited 3 or 4 years to finally get a salary and ditch the student digs. Don't waste it by shooting for a high salary and missing out on a life. You'll end up a pasty, overworked, underweight and frankly very boring individual. P.S you friends will think you are boring if you take this job - it's a unavoidable side effect - selling cabbages is not interesting. I now work in Tech, Make more money and have regular working hours that mean I can enjoy a work life balance. If you're passionate about retail and not much else then go for the AM grad scheme. If you have any other passion, creativity, outlet you need to be willing to sacrifice it. When I read similar reviews in 2014 I thought.. It can't be that bad. It's honestly not worth it.