Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,098 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 8,098 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
Nov 14, 2017

Overall Pros & Cons

Recommend
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Pros

Friendly and Helpful work environment, depending on location and other employees. Pay rate is decent.

Cons

HR Can't seem to get "on the ball" with payroll in order to get employees either paid on time, direct deposit set up right, or paid PERIOD! Bad bad bad business.... Went through 4 wks of rigorous training only to find that we were transferred to other stores after opening the store we were told would be permanent and then hours kept getting cut drastically for all involved with each subsequent week gone by.

1.0
Nov 13, 2017

This company will fail.

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay is decent for associates. The pay is good for supervisors. The pay is below average for Store Management. The training program that sent people abroad was broken and flawed. All the good managers and district managers have either left for higher paying and respectful jobs, or were forced out/fired because they called Lidl on their bologna. Oh this was pros right?

Cons

Store Management has more experience in their left finger than a vast majority of District Managers, HQ departments, and Distribution employees. The company is being led by inexperienced children at the highest level of responsibility. Supply Chain has gotten better, just like Helen Keller did when she finally learned what water was. Logistics is a joke. Stores are receiving their deliveries halfway through peak hours/days. They preach Availability as a pillar of sale, yet no accountability is being held to those responsible for the stores half empty shelves. News flash: if Americans are shopping in Lidl for the first time and you don’t have an item, they’re most likely never coming back. Selections? Lmao. The only department doing their job and still drowning is Facilities. Too bad they’re being charged with the impossible, I’m sure all the talent in that pool is about to jump ship.

1.0
Nov 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay. £8.25 per hour rising to £8.45

Cons

Want far too much for their money, pay 75p an hour more than other supermarkets but expect you to do the amount of work 3 people would do in another supermarket Don’t understand what “part time is” No work life balance whatsoever They expect Lidl to be your life. Was told to bring till codes home and learn them ON MY OWN TIME, finished work at 8pm and was back in at 6am and was expected to go home and learn 50 till cosss for bakery items and fruit and veg. Ridiculous

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Lidl Response
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We’re working continually improve our employee experience, from hire to retire, so your feedback really helps us to develop as an employer. We really appreciate you taking the time to write a review, and wish you all the best for the future. – Andy, Recruitment team
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