Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,091 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 8,091 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
Jun 30, 2018

Legalised Slave Labour

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You *might* occasionally get a day off uninterrupted, might being the operative word

Cons

- When (not if) they mess your pay up, your have to wait a month for them to sort it - Contacted 30 hours, actually working 45-50+ on average - Always being harassed to come in on your days off - Expected, not asked, to stay until everything is done (0330 finish on a 1400-2300 shift a few times) - If you're ill, they treat you like you're a burden and make you feel worse - Rota changes almost every single day so you never know what you're doing (and it's always piling more hours on to you) - Work/Life balance is non-existent, you'd earn less if they paid you for being at home - No Health and Safety policy according to management. - Expected to meet completely and utterly unrealistic targets and hounded constantly if you're not massively exceeding them by managers who do nothing except walk around complaining everyone in the store is too slow and not actually doing anything to help. - Always having to embarrassingly apologise to customers because the products they've purchased are either damaged or mouldy. - Avoid like the plague if you're anything other than single, or you soon will be.

3.0
May 31, 2018

Store Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very Good Salary & Benefits

Cons

Very long hours, not treated like a person, a very negative company to work for

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Lidl Response
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Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, and for all of your hard work. If there's anything you've raised in your review that you'd like to discuss further, you can contact us at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk. You could also contact your regional PWC, who's details in your welfare area.
3.0
May 29, 2018

New Company, ups & downs

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-great place to browse while at work or right after shift -such unique and affordable products -cross trained for different areas of store -get most of your hours during paid training

Cons

-hours are not guaranteed -shipments sometimes wouldn't arrive or arrive late -new to US so still working out all the kinks. -went through different people in upper management quite often. -big wigs were not very friendly at all upon meeting, very stern -a lot of procedures that were taught in training did not get applied once inside store

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