I worked at Albert Heijn for over 2.5 years, and if there’s one thing I can say with full confidence, it’s this: Albert Heijn has the worst delivery vehicles among all major companies in the Netherlands.
Most vans are old, manual transmission, without air conditioning – and yes, you’ll be driving these for 7–8 hours a day. The few new electric vans were only purchased due to legal pressure from Amsterdam’s environmental restrictions starting in 2025, not to improve working conditions for drivers.
If you’re lucky, you might get an electric van. If you’re not, prepare to sweat in 30-degree heat inside a prehistoric oven-on-wheels.
You’ll also get to enjoy working with giant, malfunctioning PIN terminals from the Stone Age, and paper bags that rip open either due to overpacking or because it rained for 3 minutes.
Don’t worry though – when your customer’s order spills all over the wet pavement, you’ll be blamed.
Oh, and speaking of responsibility: the company expects you to clean out other people’s trash from the van. I cleaned up after myself every single day, but apparently you’re also responsible for cleaning up after your “colleagues” who treat the vehicle like a landfill.
The salary? For the physical and mental exhaustion this job causes, it’s absolutely laughable.
I started with hope, patience, and a strong work ethic. 2.5 years later, none of the problems had changed. Nobody listens, nobody improves anything.
My sincere advice: Only take this job if it’s the last job left on Earth. Otherwise, run.
