Lidl reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(8,080 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 8,080 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
Jul 3, 2018

I'D RATHER CLEAN TOILETS

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You can move up quickly if you work 80+ hours a week. And if they do decide to move you up don't expect your new pay anytime soon.

Cons

Okay 13 dollars an hour is good for a teenager which is most of the people i work with. But 13 dollars to sprain your back, have unrealstic goals and time frames when the store is understaffed is not worth the pay. The manager is so rude to people he knows he can push around. I mean crussing at you like a sailor. The new assistant store manager is worse. So many hard working supervisors walked out and others quit because she is terrible. She will treat you like trash! When you read this review and others beleive them when we say management is incompetent and trash at lidl! I've herd from different nearby stores how they are understaffed and being worked to death!! I literally sprained my back once really bad. And guess what? Didn't get compesated for the days i HAD to miss cause i was in so much pain. So did my supervisor and one other assoicate i work with. They want stores to be under staffed to have good prod. But also no one wants to deal with the stressful bull. You'd think if you're being scheduled 9-10 hours they can give you your 2 15 min breaks but if they are busy they'll tell you no. Supervisors are treated like scum even more. One supervisor got sat down in the BREAKROOM not the managers office the BREAKROOM where everyone can walk in and out and hear the managers and district managers talking to him like someone without common sense. Literally so degrading because he couldn't get the team to get things done on time. WHEN WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED. It wasn't his fault. It's there fault for not hiring more people. I'm just tired of seeing other people get treated like garbage. And being stressed out and sore when it doesn't have to be that way. They're still a developing company in the states, so they still are developing policies and ways to figure out how to run the store.

3.0
May 12, 2018

Mixed feelings

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is competitive with similar positions elsewhere in the area, decent raises first few years. Health care benefits are fantastic. Hours are flexible but it depends on the department. Upper management tries to keep work/life balance in mind. Work environment is relaxed for the most part, easy to get along with everyone. The work can be challenging as the company is still trying to get on its feet in the US, which can be a pro or a con depending on the viewpoint. From my viewpoint I can appreciate being a part of something that is just beginning from the ground up. There are going to be mistakes made but that is to be expected from a company that has not done business in the country before. Whether HQ learns from those mistakes is the real kicker.

Cons

Agree with the 2017 review about inexperienced managers, but the bad ones have basically been weeded out recently so there is a pretty good core left. There was a lot of talk early on about opportunities for quick advancement but that doesn't really seem to be the case nowadays. To be frank, the company has made a lot of bad decisions at the start and that is why my review is titled mixed feelings. The job is good but there is a lot of uncertainty going around about the future prospects of the company in the US. HQ made terrible decisions early on regarding store placements and is still paying the price for them. Putting stores out in the middle of nowhere far from the RDCs, multiple stores in the same city that are basically cannibalizing each other (6 in Richmond VA? really?), not taking advantage of DC/Baltimore/Philadelphia/high populated areas closer to the RDCs yet, etc. Store size is much too large and the item assortment could be greatly improved. There has been a lot of talk of changes that are going to be made but we will just have to wait and see for now.

1.0
May 5, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is very nice but for the work done and the amount of physical injury that occurs it is barely worth it.

Cons

New company in the US that is having major structural problems. Bad work environment. Management is trained to say one thing in order to smooth over situations and then do the exact opposite. Logistics is a nightmare. No one is ever let go so people who do their job are required to work twice as hard to cover for people unable or unwilling to do their own job. Many other things need to be improved upon with this company

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