YOU’RE HIRED, BUT FIRST DO SOME PUSHUPS

A woman recently posted to an ALDI Facebook group,saying that a relative of hers had interviewed for a job at an ALDI grovery store, and then later that day she had to join in a Zoom meeting in her home and was asked to do push-ups, sit-ups, and starjumps to show her fitness level. “Is this normal?” she asked. Many people wrote back saying that, yes, it was. One wrote, “My housemate interviewed and currently works for ALDI, and this is legit. The Zoom call is with their physio to be able to determine that you can perform certain duties and you aren’t hiding any existing injuries so later you can’t pin them with work cover or a lawsuit.” Another added, “Started at ALDI a year ago now, and I had to do a Zoom medical assessment. Thought it was weird at the time, but now I realize how necessary it is. You definitely need a certain level of fitness to be competent in the job… Part of the process.”
* You think those gallon water jugs get up on the top shelf out of reach themselves?
* The few, the proud, the ALDI cashiers.
* One more place I’ll never work.
* What they ought to check for is judo training, to deal with irate customers.
* Relax. By this time next year, you’ll be able to have AI make a video of you doing exercises.
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you have to prove your physical fitness for a job? Did you have some other kind of weird test before you were hired?