Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,092 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 8,092 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 27, 2017

Avoid at all costs!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Friendly co workers, end of shift

Cons

1) You can expect to be called in during your holiday 2) Forced to take holiday that you don't want (this was in April at the start of the holiday year) 3) Motivation by intimidation 4) Told off for being too slow, despite it being the first time a task was performed! 5) Called for a manager who, before they even knew what I wanted, walked towards me shaking his head. Was then belittled in front of customers!! 6) Was called by management before 7am, was then told off before I started my afternoon shift for not answering my phone! 7) Constant last minute phone calls. The worst was being called at 15:45 and being asked to start at 16:15 8) Did 15 hours of overtime one week, then had 15 hours taken away from me for the rest of the month (this happened on more than one occasion) 9) My till crashed and did not know what to do (lack of training) rather than doing a lay away so I could move my till, the duty manager just carried on serving customers, leaving me stranded with a que of irate customers!!! 10) Staff ridiculed for being slow, despite the person in question only being with the company for 2 weeks!! 11) Constantly being asked to stay later (at the last minute)

2.0
Jun 20, 2017

Not the a good place to work at

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Europe travel. Somewhat a good pay. Flex times on fridays

Cons

The supply chain department is one of the worst department. Managers are young and rude. Directors love when you bow at their feet, when you don't they have a problem with you. Only the favorites can work overtime. The managers are not knowledgeable about what their are doing. my co-worker manager is the worst, he is rude, and does nothing all day but pretends to be busy, worked with him a couple of times and it was the worst; luckily he is leaving soon. we had almost 10 people quit within the past few 3 months.

3.0
May 30, 2017

Strange Management

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Pros

Worked here in 2015 in the buying department, pay was decent, everyone but management was very friendly

Cons

Where to begin. Training was hap-hazard and stressful. Company seem to be expanding too quickly for their own good.

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