Does Lidl pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lidl employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lidl. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lidl?

58% of Lidl employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lidl 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lidl?

Customer Assistant (1398) , Store Manager (376) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (232) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (187) , Store Assistant (179) , employé polyvalente (177) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (158) , Deputy Manager (153)

What are the pros of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"Only positive I could think of when working for Lidl was that the pay was good." ((in 1364 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 490 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 407 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 248 reviews)); "The team is great and very friendly." ((in 218 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"The strategy of the company is not clear; long hours; variety of projects; team quite unhappy being short" ((in 599 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 578 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 382 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 274 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 138 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lidl layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lidl layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lidl in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Lidl locations?

Wien , Salzburg , Innsbruck , Villach , Berndorf , Traun , Wels , Mödling

Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,098 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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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

Sep 27, 2019

xxxxxx

Assistant team manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Pay most of the time

Cons

Environment, not many opportunities for promtoion

1.0

Sep 25, 2019

Stay away

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary Free entry to the Zoo

Cons

No life Treat like animal Bad management No training

3.0

Sep 25, 2019

Good benefits, but incredibly frustrating

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Great starting pay for a retail job that increases - Keeps you busy, rarely a moment of doing nothing. - Around 30 days paid holiday - Staff are very friendly, will be more than happy to help out new people and just pleasant to each other in general

Cons

- Store attracts a lot of shoplifters - Also attracts a lot of kids who have nothing to do but wind up staff, even some adults like to see just what abuse they can get away with - People will look down on you for working here and assume the worst of your intelligence - Don't get used to your rotas, they will change at the drop of a hat

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Good benefits, but incredibly frustrating

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