Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,089 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

71% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,089 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Lidl employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
2.0
Feb 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive pay for every minute you've worked, relatively friendly team,

Cons

Terrible hours - you might have to stay until 3 am even though you were meant to finish by 11.30pm. Been working therefor quite a while now and I have never left on time. This might be okay if this is your full-time job and you don't have any other occupations besides it but not of you're a full time student with a busy schedule and exam stress. Managers, apart from a few exceptions (maybe) fail to understand that there are people who are not able to devote all of their energy to this job. Also, the breaks are way too short. People who work 9 or 10 hour shifts only get an half an hour break. Furthermore, the whole team, or maybe even the whole company, fails to acknowledge the importance of customer service. Managers refer to older customers, who need a bit longer to ask a question, as "time wasters". The employees however are not to blame for this. If you as an employee are treated in a disrespectful manner, why would you treat you customers any better? Lidl clearly does not understand how a company can achieve a healthy culture allowing it to provide good customer service.

1.0
Aug 27, 2014

Welcome to your worst nightmare.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay...in exchange for you happiness and soul.

Cons

None of my training was completed within the specified time due to poor time management. Not notified of fire assembly points or any basic health and safety. Made to work in oven bakery section with zero training and carry very heavy goods with no heavy lifting training...hello potential injury lawsuit. Also worked the floor buffer and cleaned up broken glass woth not even a basic instruction. Also every shift I would leave in terrible pain and I'm only a 19 years old. Only contracted to work ten hours yet regularly being schedules for 30+ hours per week because not enough staff. Forced to work terrible hours woth shifts often lasting an hour later than on the rota. Being expected to do a million tasks at once...like every shift where i would be the only person on till whilst trying to multitask and clean all of the tills in the shop. Expected yo scan an impossible amount of items a minute...and yes they do time you.Coworkers were nasty and breacher confidentiality on a number of occasions...let's just say it is a small work and my manager was mouthing off about me to someone who is a friend of my family...very professional. I could literally give a million reason s to run from this company and not shop there...also one of the boxes of fruit was infested with flies....probably maggots too. And when I told my boss he shrugged his shoulders :) bon appetite :D

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