Lidl reviews

Always short staffed in London & Surrey (20 staff in total for 280k/week turnover store), on a close expect to finish between 2-3 hours late . every time. No-one has the time the clean properly. The last time everyone got out in time with everything done was in the equally busy store in Cornwall (30 staff in total 280k/week turnover). Good variety of tasks in Cornwall ~50% of time on tills ~50% time on other tasks such as delivery. Poor variety of tasks in Surrey/London- 90% of time on tills and be expected to work 10 hour shifts on tills 3-4 days/week and be very lucky to have a break (30 mins) within 7 hours. I was sick for 4 days (16 hours) and 16 hours of pay was deducted from contract and replaced with statutory sick pay to half the value of the deduction. You owe the company money when you are sick! Last month I worked 100 hours and received £675 gross. Despite living in London SW19 I was permanently transferred to a store 10 miles outside the M25 in March-(with a day's notice) where I would no longer receive the London allowance and have to spend 30% of my wage and 2hrs+ on commuting/day. I accepted for fear of loosing my job.

I have a 30 hour contract but am constantly working 45-60 hour weeks. The shifts are usually 10 hours long but can be stretched to be longer...I worked an 18 hour shift recently. The rota in my store gets changed without those affected being notified of the change (though other stores I've worked in do not do this). There are problems with the regional distribution centre, this contributes to stock shortages and problems with things not being available...which, according to almost every customer, is the fault of the in store management team. Legally workers are entitled to 11 hours between shifts, often I'll finish at 10pm and be due back in at 6am the next day. I can wait 7 hours for my 30 minute break. Staff morale is the lowest I've ever witnessed in any supermarket I've ever worked in (5 different supermarket chains in 15 years), everybody wants to leave and they all hate it with an obvious degree of passion. The amount of workers per shift is kept so low that, if someone is off sick, everything is almost impossible to achieve. This is made even worse when a district manager visits and blames the on duty manager for the detritus. I occasionally find on the rota that I've been put down to do several days in a row...at the moment I'm on the first day of a 7 day stint...I've done as many as 14 days in a row and they're usually at least 10hour shifts.