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
2.0
Nov 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Very good pay Very hard working team Career opportunity

Cons

You cant finish your shift on time. Even though they informed us on induction all the Rota will be make minimum 3 weeks in advance so all employee can plan their family life. But in practical it’s completely opposite, Store manager always change the Rota, sometimes not even bother to asked the employee are they available or not. Staff got there breaks after finish their shift. Always pupil called sick because of poorly manage working shift. External management recruitment is completely joke. Recruiting fresh graduate and give them store manager role make it worst, especially they don’t have any experience but they pretend they knows everything which makes them a joker. i cant find any employe benefit . Employe turnover is high.

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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 at Lidl. 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 directly for support/guidance, who's details in your welfare area. - Andy, Recruitment team
1.0
Nov 9, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Got to train abroad which allowed me to travel. But they aren't sending people overseas anymore. Even that experience was horrendous. The traveling part was a life experience I will never forget or regret. I have learned to stand up more for myself and have learned a lot about what I am ok with and will not put up with.

Cons

Respect: Training with Lidl UK included having to deal sexism, sexual harassment and rude, outdated ways of Managing. My experience at HQ for Lidl US included a lot of lower experienced Managers in higher Management positions and a lot of overcompensating for that. Including being talked down to, belittled, getting in trouble for needing to use the bathroom during a training class, being screamed at by the head of training and then being told after that that we indeed are treated well.... Recognition: No such thing unless you mean being belittled. Responsibility: Supply Chain is a nightmare. HQ departments are being run by people who failed the DM training program overseas, mass hiring of sales associates have left stores with low level of talent who have no work ethic, no one is ever paid consistently, lidl opened stores in small town America- in buildings that literally are falling apart, yet.... on store level the managers are somehow responsible for all the store's problems. Trust: have I mentioned I'm not getting paid what I was told I would get paid when I got my position? When I asked for a contract I kept getting told I would receive one and then conveniently never did. They over-hired and made us think they are expanding aggressively, yet made such poor decisions they are having to halt openings and have nowhere to put all the people they hired. So they are finding ways to push people out the door.

5.0
Nov 9, 2017

Rewarding

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Challenging, Meritocracy, Never the same day

Cons

Stressfull, working on weekends can be unhappy

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