Lidl reviews

Unorganized chaos, they have no solid processes that work they are always changing. It’s more of who you know vs how hard you work if you are looking for a promotion. They hang on to managers and DM’s that have no clue what they are doing. The training and development is out dated most of the time. The training and H/R department were all fired. There is no reprimand for poor management. There is definitely favoritism. There are ASMs who should have been promoted to SMs but are looked over. The expansion for Lidl is for the upper North East. The ATL regions they will continue to lie to say they are opening up new stores when they are not. If you are serious about your career development this is not the place for you. This place is a career trap, get your money and get out and find something better. Go to Aldi’s or Publix or any other places that have better procedures and policies.

Complete fear based tyrannical culture. Lidl lacks planning and organization from the top down which results in a constant state of chaos with an overwhelming identity crisis. Zero work life balance. Your job will be threatened if you don't comply with their requests to work 7 days per week. Your approved PTO will be denied multiple times per year because "the needs of the business come first". Lidl's expectation is perfect stores at all times with 500 total hours budgeted per store in your district to execute perfection. HR leaders have non-existent HR backgrounds and will discuss your confidential conversations with your peers and promote targeting through your line manager if you air a grievance. There is one "token" ethnic choice per region with the overwhelming majority being European's who are indoctrinated into their mentality, if you are an American, you are the minority and will be treated as such. It will take you years to unlearn the bad management styles they force you to adopt in order to keep your job. Trust me when I say you do not want to work here.