There is a 'buddy' you are supposed to receive who will help you settle in. Furthermore training is promised. I believe this is just a pretense 'formality' which is put to make the company look good, as it doesn't actually happen in practice.
No training but expected to know everything! I am NOT in anyway prejudice against people who's native isn't English working and becoming managers, I want to make that clear. However, when your Managers do not speak clear English which is good enough for the workplace, it makes carrying out instructions painful. I would have to ask several Managers and Deputies to REPEAT an instruction and still didn't get the full explanation. Then I would get aggravation for not doing the duty properly.
The policy of LIDL that 'Hours On The Rota Will Not Be Adjusted Without Your Agreement'. ANYONE who works or has worked for LIDL know's this is the contrary. Not only that but the reason LIDL is SO CHEAP is partly due to the strain they put on staff. I am not afraid of hard work BUT what they expect is ridiculous.
HEALTH & SAFETY. - In the store I used to work for, somebody lost an EYE because the method for the baler wasn't safe. So instead of revising that method, the manager 'showed' everyone how to use it and made everyone sign a form stating they had been trained and therefore the company were not liable to pay you compensation in the event you would have an accident. SO THE BALER STILL ISN'T SAFE. Also there were rats droppings in the store, and on two occasions it took over ten minutes (the second occasion was an HOUR) for glass in front of customers to be cleaned up.
HALF AN HOUR BREAKS IN 10+ Hour shifts is NOT ENOUGH. Also I've seen the 11 Hour break between each shift violated whilst working there.
Believe it or not I am not ranting for personal gain, but so people don't work there, which hopefully spurs LIDL to treat there employee's better in order to attract staff and keep them. Approx 4 people came and left while I was working there (I was only there four months). Also there was NO DAY TO DAY RUNNING OF THE SHOP - Everyday seemed to be making it up as they went along.
Finally, people who work at LIDL NEVER KNOW WHEN THEY'RE SHIFT WILL FINISH. I used to work 14-22 a lot but actually finish at 23 or 0:00 in the morning. They tell you once you've signed the contract and on your first day that the time for hometime is basically an 'estimate' and normally the 'estimate' is wrong. So that puts a strain on going out and having fun because you don't know if you will be able to go out.. They didn't like me because I stood up to them when they tried to pressure me on overtime ON THE SHIFT or telling me I weren't good enough, I'd argue with them straight so they disliked me. Don't let no one push you around, especially people who are screwing you over!
