Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,090 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 8,090 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
3.0
Feb 14, 2021

Work for German company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Benefits. Financially strong company. Good coworkers.

Cons

Natural European-American management/culture clash. Employees treated as commodities.

1.0
Jan 21, 2021

Worse place

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Salary was okay but that's it

Cons

Disrespectful, racist, except the impossible

1.0
Jan 15, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- 10% discount on food - Car allowance

Cons

Where do I start? - No autonomy as a manager, comply or die as the saying goes. Comply with the ineptitude of senior leaders. - 47.5hr contract, 30 min break. Verging on slave labour? - Archaic technology (1 handheld device to do everything, so unproductive especially considering the company is productivity obsessed) - Treat the lidl Plus app as the saviour to customer service... Maybe reviewing the working conditions/productivity in store will allow colleagues to flourish and provide amazing service. - Run on a shoe string, staff overworked and will make mistakes - Micromanagement to the smallest detail - tick box, paper pushing, again unproductive - Health and safety practices non-existent - Inept warehouse that delivers everything late (impacting customers and also impacting colleagues who then have to rush implementing everything and cut corners) - Blame Culture that sucks the life out of your soul - Worst communication from senior leaders I have ever experienced - Insane productivity targets especially when the business add extra tasks all the time because they simply cannot get it right first time. - Not sure anybody has heard of praise?

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Lidl Response
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Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you leaving a review on your experience with Lidl. We take all feedback very seriously, so if you wish to discuss anything in more detail you can contact us at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk. - Freya, Lild GB.
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