Is Lidl a good company to work for?

Lidl has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 16,273 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 58% of employees would recommend working at Lidl to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Lidl have been left by employees working as Chef caissiere , Stagiaire and Vendeur .

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 (1398) , Store Manager (376) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (232) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (187) , Store Assistant (179) , employé polyvalente (177) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (158) , Deputy Manager (153)

What are the pros of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"Only positive I could think of when working for Lidl was that the pay was good." ((in 1364 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 490 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 407 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 248 reviews)); "The team is great and very friendly." ((in 218 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 599 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 578 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 382 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 274 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 138 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?

Paris , Rungis , Lyon , Strasbourg , Toulouse , Marseille , Lille , Châtenay-Malabry , Nantes , Béziers , Rennes , Metz , Bordeaux , Montpellier , Lunel , Tours , Rousset , Barbery , Mulhouse , Rouen , Gondreville , Nice , Toulon , Liffré , Nancy , Grenoble , Aix , Saint-Étienne , Caen , Perpignan

Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,098 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,098 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

4.0

Nov 30, 2016

review

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, ability to take on more responsibility and manage people at a young age. Undertake a variety of tasks and build great people skills

Cons

Work life balance is non existent and if you want to progress you are expected to work long, unsociable hours. Need to be more of a balance

1.0

Nov 29, 2016

Terrible

Anonymous

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

the fact it's above minimum wage but really it's not worth the horrible environment n Lack of respect for employees

Cons

were loads of other issues ended up quiting very poor Management and no respect atall for employees very disrespectful!!! had the manager put the phone down on me one time to

1.0

Nov 26, 2016

Deputy manager

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good payment package, nice building, good equipment

Cons

Senior Management is very poor and does not encourage Middle Management to Develop or succeed. Working week was often 60 hours + while only contracted for 42. It was also impossible to take holidays and you were looked down on for it. There is always a sense of Management waiting for you to make a mistake and punish you rather than reward you. Overall a horrible place to be. In saying that this appears to be department specific. The Department in question also had a sexist policy which made it near impossible to be successful.

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