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 (1391) , Store Manager (374) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (229) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (185) , Store Assistant (179) , employé polyvalente (173) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (157) , Deputy Manager (152)

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 1355 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 478 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 415 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 242 reviews)); "The team is great and very friendly." ((in 233 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 601 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 570 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 384 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 273 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 137 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.

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3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,069 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

73% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

3.0

Senior management

2.9

Work/Life balance

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,069 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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5.0

Oct 24, 2016

Good company for starters and workaholics

Human resources specialist

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

Good opportunities for young people, especially if they know German. Most people use it as way to get to better jobs later on. People need to come aboard knowing that they will make sacrifices. Salary is above average in nearly every department.

Cons

A lot of work, nearly every department is short-staffed because of high productivity demands. It's a good company if you want to earn money and learn a lot in a short period of time, just be sure that you are willing to make sacrifices.

3.0

Oct 19, 2016

bad company to work for

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

overall good pay hourly for store assessments

Cons

expect to do everything from cleaning toilets to serving customers to even doing bakery. this company does not care at all about its staff, no social or balance at all. shifts range from 5 am to 4pm always busy work ethic is extremely poor, unsociable hours, force you to come in your day off, emotionally blackmail you when you say no, I called in sick for 2 days and they ended up giving me the whole week off cause I called in sick. disgusting regulations put in place, if you work 10 hours or more all you get is 30 minutes break. management do 50 hours a week even if they do over time they don't get paid extra for it.

3.0

Oct 18, 2016

not a good experience

Store assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

if you enjoy customer based jobs this is ok. The pay is higher than other retail. The day goes quick as you are very busy doing a variety of jobs. Each store will be a different experience depending on having a good team.

Cons

The store i worked at had 3 people off sick. 2 had bad backs. you are expected to be working fast on the till very quick without much training. you have to do all store jobs, cleaning, till, stockroom, shelve filling,

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