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
Jan 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Salary is great -Excellent company 401k match -Good benefits package

Cons

-The communication is poor at all levels and changes constantly, often with little to no notice to store staff or upper management. -Tyrannical leadership model based on fear. You will be yelled at constantly for even the most minor mistakes, even when there was never any official communication on how to do something (see above regarding communication). The blame always falls on the District Manager regardless of the problem. -The Human Resources team, with the exception of one employee, is a complete joke. Complaints will be shared with your managers, and VP, which only makes you a target for reporting what you believed was a valid complaint. I have seen several District Managers terminated for complaining about unfair treatment. -Employees are never paid on time. Pay issues have been happening since February of 2017; almost a full year now, and they still have not been fixed. I have had staff members face eviction, have their electricity shut off, and not be able to buy food for their families because they received either half their paycheck or no check at all. To compound the problem, payroll implemented a new policy where they won't pay an associate via immediate paycard funds unless the don't receive ANY money at all, forcing associates to have to wait an additional two weeks to receive their checks, all for a mistake that was caused by the company. I have had HR and payroll team members blame the associates several times for not having an emergency fund to cover situations like this, as if it were our job as managers to question our team's financial situation.

5.0
Nov 24, 2016

IT

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great experience so far working on the IT department. Solid IT team with diverse backgrounds and experienced individuals. The company seems to be very promising. I like the fact that they want all things to be done right, regardless of how much the cost may be. - Good Benefits, compensation, 401k and PTO - Great place to learn new technologies and a lot of room for growth - Very diverse company with people from all over the world - Opportunites to travel and to learn the German language

Cons

As the company is growing rapidly more employees are needed as we are understaff. ( like most departments)

1.0
Jul 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hourly pay, if that's all you are looking for when choosing work

Cons

Now I know why the hourly pay at these discount supermarkets are so much higher than all the others: if it wasn't this high, literally nobody would even consider working for them. Stupidly high staff turnover, the store had a whole new set of employees every six months or so; everyone was overworked, the company ignores all of your needs, and does not respect that a work/life balance should exist or treat their staff like people in any way. While there you are expected to meet ridiculous targets, to the standards of people who had worked for the company for years, on your second day. The management was by far the worst thing about the place and made the entire store atmosphere almost unbearable - I can deal with hard work so our store manager was the only reason I left. I understand that with so many targets to hit to keep prices low you have to be firm on your staff and make sure they are working to their best standards but this was ridiculous; the whole store constantly felt bullied and intimidated. Treatment of staff is the primary issue here as opposed to the actual work expected.

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