Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,088 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 8,088 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
1.0
Oct 25, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are the best you will find at affordable premiums.

Cons

Complete fear based tyrannical culture. Lidl lacks planning and organization from the top down which results in a constant state of chaos with an overwhelming identity crisis. Zero work life balance. Your job will be threatened if you don't comply with their requests to work 7 days per week. Your approved PTO will be denied multiple times per year because "the needs of the business come first". Lidl's expectation is perfect stores at all times with 500 total hours budgeted per store in your district to execute perfection. HR leaders have non-existent HR backgrounds and will discuss your confidential conversations with your peers and promote targeting through your line manager if you air a grievance. There is one "token" ethnic choice per region with the overwhelming majority being European's who are indoctrinated into their mentality, if you are an American, you are the minority and will be treated as such. It will take you years to unlearn the bad management styles they force you to adopt in order to keep your job. Trust me when I say you do not want to work here.

1.0
Sep 12, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The salary and health insurance and in general your co-workers

Cons

Hundreds of layoffs and job eliminations both public and private over the past year+ sometimes with 15 minutes notice, unpredictable work environment and uncertain long-term outlook for the US office, unrealistic expectations of employees, rule bending observed on the annual review process, hierarchical, favoritism, toxic senior management environment that causes people to hold back on speaking freely otherwise face repercussions. Worst leadership experience ever at a company.

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