Lidl reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(8,065 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 8,065 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
5.0
Aug 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, good management, progressive and forward thinking company. Going places and listens to the staff. A fun and challenging place to work if you are prepared to put in the effort.

Cons

Not for lazy people (personally I think that's a pro... just not for the lazy)

3.0
Aug 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are many opportunities for progression, you gain a huge amount of responsibility, the salary and company car are great, excellent focus on training and personal development

Cons

Work life balance is out the window, culture is improving however senior management have a long way to go to develop themselves before the company can truly change, can also gain many bad habits/management style if you stay too long

1.0
Aug 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Supposedly good pay (easier ways to make more money however)

Cons

Told anything at interview to get you in, most of which are false promises. Expected to work (6 hours plus) without taking breaks entitled to by law, expected to sign out and work for free, called in on days off, called in early, expected to stay on 1,2,3 even four hours after end of shift ON A DAILY BASIS, painfully understaffed, hugely unrealistic and unreachable targets, never allowed to go home ill, EXPECTED TO WORK WITH SICKNESS AND DIARRHEA DESPITE HANDLING FOOD ALL DAY, absolutely no concern for staff well being. Spoken to like a piece of dirt by people (esp reg manager) on 6 times the salary you're on. Back braking work for no appreciation what so ever. Constant threat of disciplinarys for honest minor mistakes. No hope of progression due to lack of staff to manage in the first place. Very greedy conniving company out to exploit and hoard the profits made by such exploitation (prices low due to 'efficient' staff numbers, i.e forcing individuals to do the work of 3 people until they have a breakdown/ become institutionalized/ ect. I'd rather work at Auschwitz, at least there you had death to look forward to...

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