Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,094 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

49% 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
3.0
Apr 29, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Travel / experience / cross training

Cons

Fear culture / no work life balance

1.0
Apr 13, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- some benefits like pension scheme and private health insurance.

Cons

Everything else. I worked in a department with 12 persons, 9 out of 12 quit the job within a year. I got the job and they changed me department and position 3 times in 2 months, happened to others as well. Many Head of ... and directors are relatively young and unexperienced. I worked in store construction and warehouse construction, in both departments it was normal to work 10-12 hours a day. Starting at 8am till 7-8pm. In a chaotic and schizophrenic ambient. Everyday a new experience with new problems, and especially many problems from the past that are difficult to tackle as based on the work of many project manager that left the company in the meanwhile. Usually from the Head office, you work in strong relation with Germany, if there are problems you have to pay attention who you contact, cause many Head of and directors are coming from Germany and are placed there from any other director from LIDL International. If you call the wrong person and he gets to know that something is not working in the UK, your Head of gets trouble and you as well...

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Lidl Response
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We really appreciate you taking the time to leave a review on your experience with us. We want the employee experience to be the same across the business so take all feedback very seriously, so do feel free to contact us at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk to discuss the points you have highlighted in your review. We do wish you the very best with your future career. - Freya, Lidl GB.
1.0
Mar 22, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I have nothing nice or any pros to add to this section, seriously.

Cons

EVERYTHING, long hours, heavy brutal labor, if your a man you're going to get squeezed dry till you fall over and quit, female managers do not work and instead gossip and talk crap all day and hide from work.

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