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 (1393) , Store Manager (375) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (230) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (186) , 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?

"One of the best aspects of working as a Shift Manager at Lidl is the good pay." ((in 1356 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 474 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 411 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 231 reviews)); "The team is great and very friendly." ((in 226 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 603 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 569 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 386 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.

What are the top reviewed Lidl locations?

Wien , Salzburg , Innsbruck , Villach , Berndorf , Traun , Wels , Mödling

Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,073 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

73% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

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 8,073 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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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

2.0

Dec 29, 2025

Awful place

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Wage that’s it. If you don’t want a life may be good for you

Cons

Overworked give contracts but you will work over and be expected to Lower staff have no accountability and get away with all sorts of upper management just say put them to a disciplinary then nothing done If they want you out you will be gone after 11 years of pure hard work this happened to me. I got investigated, they would not present the cctv which would have cleared me, instead wanted me out, they brought things up in a disciplinary that happened 9!years previous that had no relevance to what I was getting accused of. Top of my game and treat like crap

Lidl Response

5mo

We really appreciate you being open with us and sharing your feedback. You’ve brought up some important points—especially your advice to management. We’d love to discuss them with you further if you’ve got the time, so please don’t hesitate to drop us a line at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk. Thanks again for all your hard work, and we wish you all the best in the next step of your career.

3.0

Dec 28, 2025

High pressure with good benefits

Office work

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lidl is a good company to work for if you don't mind to work in really fast pace environment. They have good benefits like health insurance, sick pay, flexi working hours.

Cons

There's high pressure and workload is too heavy which requires constantly prioritization of tasks. There's no limits. When you show management you can do more they'll give you more work.

5.0

Dec 23, 2025

Great place to work

Shop assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to progress

Cons

Can deal with some difficult customers

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