Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,094 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 8,094 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
Sep 13, 2024

Would not recommend

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

my coworkers are great, the pto is good, the benefits are competitive, most of the job is easy.

Cons

leadership is terrible, you never know if you’ll be let go, theres no strategy or goals to work towards, theres a promotions freeze except for upper leadership, and everyone is unhappy.

3.0
Sep 11, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay and benefits, good experience

Cons

Company not transparent about outlook and too focused perks for employees instead of retention. For instance, announced that profit goals were being met ahead of schedule and then 2 weeks later, another round of layoffs (including myself).

1.0
Aug 21, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Cheap food available for break

Cons

- Even though your contract may be part-time, the managers will put you on a full time rota until you continuously complain. - No sense of time. You finish at a minimum of 10 mins late due to the managers cashing up the till. In the evenings, you are expected to stay later to finish off even if it makes you 30mins to an hour late off. -You need managers approval for everything. A refund? You need a manager. Accidentally pressed cash? Manager. £50 note? Manager. Constantly micromanaged with no sense of personal responsibility at the till. -Unrealistic expectations of work. The managers will give you a task and expect it to be done while you do 2-3 other things at once. As a trainee I was given multiple tasks to do without having the time to adjust to actually knowing where everything is.

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Lidl Response
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We really appreciate you being open with us and sharing your feedback. You’ve brought up some important points—especially your advice to management. We’d love to discuss them with you further if you’ve got the time, so please don’t hesitate to drop us a line at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk. Thanks again for all your hard work, and we wish you all the best in the next step of your career.
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