Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,094 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,094 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 Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Oct 31, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Though few, there are a couple of pros I would like to address. 1. Good team effort/culture ( although this is unduly exploited by management) 2. Some customers can be very friendly and it is enjoyable to build a rapport with them. 3. Pay. 4.....Ok

Cons

Now this list is most definitely not exhaustive and for the purpose of making it easy to read I have condensed many points into summary's. 1. Being left on a till for a whole 10 hours with no stimulation other than scanning items. 2. At times being given a break at 9pm when having started at 3 and finishing at half 10. 3. Very very bad mannered management, if they are having a bad day this will most usually entail you also having a bad day. 4. Expected to stay past your contracted finish time of half 10 if everything isn't finished, making it hard to create plans as you don't know if you will be 'allowed' to leave. 5.District managers having unrealistic expectations of store managers which then trickles down the Pecking order. 6. Many laws being broken, I can not count the amount of times I have witnessed chilled inventory being left outside of the chiller for over an hour and then being sold. 7. Had a rat investation which was mainly in the bakery area. Not only were the public not informed, lidl carried on business as usual! 8. The hygiene levels of the bakery would make customers never eat it again if only they knew. ( Only brushing crumbs out of baking trays and never being given time to actually wash/disinfect them.) 9.Although the pay is decent, if you have any sort of difficulty with mental health then I would avoid this job unless you are DESPERATE. The way you are treated and what is expected of you will flair up any underlying anxiety/ depression issues like winter does to ezcema!

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Lidl Response
7y
We really appreciate your honest feedback. You’ve highlighted some points that we would like to discuss further. If you have the time please feel free to contact us at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk. Thank you for working so hard while with us, we wish you all the best with the next stage in your career. - Andy, Recruitment team
2.0
Aug 9, 2018

It has been a nightmare

Recommend
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Pros

the payment is better than many other similar business (but still not enough for the physical work you do, they try to buy your life with some extra change).

Cons

Overtime most days, Xmas time is total madness, People are rude and selfish. Back pain most days

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Lidl Response
7y
Thank you for your review. We understand how busy it can be in store, especially during festive and summer seasons, so thank you for all your hard work while with us! We wish you the very best with the next stage in your career. -Andy, Recruitment team
1.0
Aug 6, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Abaolutely nothing at all unless you like to live at work

Cons

Everything. How they haven't been investigated for breaches of Working Time Regulations and the Modern Slavery Act is a mystery.

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Lidl Response
7y
Thank you for leaving a review on your experience with us. We take all reviews very seriously, so do feel free to contact us at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk if you wish to discuss your feedback in more detail. Thank you for all of your hard work. -Andy, Recruitment team
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