Lidl reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(8,075 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

73% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,075 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
May 17, 2016

Senior Manager - Lidl U.S.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Definitely a lot of challenging and interesting work

Cons

Very few people in leadership positions have done business in the U.S. before, and they are trying to shoehorn their German processes into everything. They market themselves as a start-up, but employees have very little power to do anything to make necessary changes for running a successful business in this country. The communication between the U.S. and Germany is poor.

4.0
May 17, 2016

Lidl US - Hard work, but great opportunity

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You are making a big impact on more than just one small department or one store. There is a lot of opportunity in other areas to succeed. You do have to put in hard work, but it is there. Benefits and pay are great Senior leadership is mostly European right now because they have Lidl experience and will be the ones to bring the culture over to the US and keep a consistent Lidl brand. It is a strategic decision that they plan on changing in the future by promoting US managers once they finish training. Most American employees have been with the company for less than a year, but the future opportunity is available to them. Most people from the board went through the same track that the American managers are going through now aside from a few American executives that they hired externally that are already on the board. Board members/Executives/even the CEO check in on managers to communicate with them and listen to them.

Cons

You can read the other reviews and see how difficult it can be to adjust to a culture that demands hard work. If a business is going to succeed, it needs to use efficient people. Really it is on you whether you can complete your work in a given amount of time or not. HR does sometimes have a lack of detail. Mistakes with names, appointments, emails can become ubiquitous which creates IT issues with email addresses, paycheck/W2 issues, etc.

3.0
May 14, 2016

Store assistant

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay with hard working staff and at times reasonably flexibility with holidays and hours. The job was very useful for me when attending college during the week.

Cons

Tough job at times. Very early mornings with stressful targets to be met. Can finish late and have to work early the very next day. Don't always get breaks.

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