Does Lidl pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lidl employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lidl. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lidl?

58% of Lidl employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lidl 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lidl?

Customer Assistant (1395) , Store Manager (375) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (232) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (187) , Store Assistant (179) , employé polyvalente (175) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (158) , Deputy Manager (152)

What are the pros of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay but works out at minimum pay when you divide between the hours you work." ((in 1345 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 474 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 408 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 246 reviews)); "• Great team and lovely people to work with willing to help you out if needed." ((in 219 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"The strategy of the company is not clear; long hours; variety of projects; team quite unhappy being short" ((in 595 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 581 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 385 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 276 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 139 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lidl layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lidl layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lidl in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Lidl locations?

Wien , Salzburg , Innsbruck , Villach , Berndorf , Traun , Wels , Mödling

Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,088 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

71% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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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

Nov 5, 2022

AVOID! Rotten to the core!

Store manager

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Pros

Salary is the ONLY pro

Cons

Everything - work life balance, benefits (the pension is the lowest possible amount), sick pay (only 10 days) but most of all the absolutely toxic horrendous hierarchy who are all nice to your face but happily stab you in the back. Will interview disabled candidates but will find a reason not to hire them as their stores are setup only for able bodied employees The Area Managers are all ‘yes men’ and are completely disinterested in developing their teams nor supporting their managers. Health and safety is a joke and the only input from senior management is based on fear. A truly dreadful organisation - take your skills elsewhere - don’t join this awful company!.

3.0

Aug 29, 2022

Good company - poor leadership.

Senior supply chain analyst

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The work is fulfilling and interesting if you like working in analytics and data analysis. You learn a lot of valuable skills working here through the day to day operations. The company is on the younger side in terms of age and it’s evident in the environment.

Cons

Leadership is very poor. Has tons of Europeans at the top of the chain and they do not know how to adapt to the US markets. They also do not like to promote within the company, at least with U.S. colleagues. they prefer to bring over someone in Europe to fill manager positions rather than promote within the U.S. It is also very political when it comes to promotions and that is evident with who gets promoted and how quickly that is done. Leadership is also allergic to change. They refuse to change the processes and Operations differently then the European models and the company suffers.

3.0

Jul 7, 2022

Poor management

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Some colleagues, but that's it

Cons

Even though they claimed it was part-time, would be me on more hours than stated in my contract, even though the store would shut at 9 pm some nights we wouldn't leave until 22:30/23:00, management are bullies, would never offer people chances to progress or get off till, basically don't work here unless you like to be overworked and under-appreciated

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