Lidl reviews

3.4

58% 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
1.0
Mar 13, 2023

The Lidl Way

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Company health insurance was decent

Cons

HQ "leadership" is a puppet role and does not involve any actual leading. But how can it? None of them know a single thing about retail in the US. Management positions are reserved for incompetent, insecure, Yes Men (gender neutral) to serve as overseers and personal bullies for the lower level employees. Despite using more company time (pointless meetings) and resources (sizable salary), they do the least amount of work, if any. It always a was a running joke/genuine question to ask "what does [name] even do?" Everybody spends all their time working on/talking about/revising/reviewing/documenting The Process instead of doing acutal work. You would think from the amount of time spent on it that the stores sell processes. Sadly, if they did, they would still be as low quality as their products.

1.0
Feb 18, 2022

Worst company, it’s a nightmare

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Constant changes - always changing - change is the only constant. If you love a workplace with NO direction YET with constant changes, this is for you.

Cons

All the management are expats, locals are second class here. As long as you are Asian, you do not have a chance to move up the ladder. Lidl advertises itself as family-oriented with flexible working hours is for marketing purpose. Don’t believe. Your managers will tell you they do not appreciate that you work from home in the midst of this Covid situation. Oh and sponsorship for courses? Trust me it’s always in the pipeline but it will never happen.

1.0
Nov 11, 2021

Worst Job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get 10% discount across the products

Cons

You do not matter to the company constant unsafe environment harrasment from customers subpar pay overwork and abuse (5 AM call to go to work because someone called in sick)

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