Albert Heijn reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(490 total reviews)
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Wouter Kolk

76% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Albert Heijn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 490 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Albert Heijn employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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490 reviews
3.0
Jan 19, 2013
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Pros

Nice work environment with many social interactions. Colleagues are always willing to assist you, unlike supervisors. Existing employees have to train new employees, which results in a rapid build up of social contacts. Colleagues are all aged between 15 and 21 years old. Some discount on purchases.

Cons

The salary is low. Working times are excessively irregular. The ability of viewing your work schedule online lacks recent information and often doesn’t match the ‘real’ schedule. You can’t make personal appointments more than two weeks ahead. You may not be absent more than once a year (including illness). The management plans in your holidays, which often doesn’t coincide with school’s holidays. Work agreement will be renewed up to three years, after that you’ll have to get a permanent contract – which you won’t get. Insufficient experienced employees. Only hiring people aged 15 to 18 years old. Management does not threat employees like they should be threatened. Team leaders are not contributing to healthy atmosphere with condescending attitudes. Eployees train each other; you should not be expecting advice from higher up. Employees and management are heavily seperated.

3.0
Nov 1, 2012

Good company, bad management

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Pros

Very versitile job Lots of interaction with collegues and costumers Good atmosphere

Cons

Low salary, even for lower management jobs You are not paid for your responsibilities Many older collegues are opposing change Management is very slow at providing information and does not listen well to its employees.

5.0
Oct 15, 2012
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Pros

One of the main reasons to work at Albert Heijn for me was the personal relation you can build with the company. Training and coaching are done on daily basis, and there are plenty of opportunities to grow within Albert Heijn. Whether it is within a store and becoming a manager or outside it at the headquarters in Zaandam, all options are open.

Cons

Depending on the store or position that you're in, lot of people generally come and go at AH. This makes long lasting team-building difficult, but also offers a lot of possibilities too.

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