Labour shortage: ‘wage bomb’ from Aldi

As we reported before, labour shortage causes many problems in Hungary and affect almost every sector of the economy. In fact, commerce is among the most affected ones. The reason is simple: more and more work abroad for better wages. As a result, many supermarket chains have decided lately to increase salaries to keep their workforce. However, according to Origo.hu, Aldi dropped a ‘wage bomb’ at the beginning of the year. The company announced that from 2018 on each experienced shop assistant will receive 353 thousand (EUR 1140) monthly gross salary.

Labour shortage causes wage increase

Because of the high employment rate in Hungary, it is becoming harder and harder to find new employees. Thus, companies compete for the skilled workforce and try to attract them with better offers. In this regard, discount supermarket chains are the traditional leaders, but Aldi overtakes even them.

To start with, they offer equal salaries for 25, 30 and 35 hours/week part-time jobs in the whole country. Also, According to the announcement of the company they announced that from 2018 on each shop assistant will receive 272 thousand (EUR 882) per month as starting gross salary.