Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,069 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 8,069 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
Aug 27, 2014

Welcome to your worst nightmare.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay...in exchange for you happiness and soul.

Cons

None of my training was completed within the specified time due to poor time management. Not notified of fire assembly points or any basic health and safety. Made to work in oven bakery section with zero training and carry very heavy goods with no heavy lifting training...hello potential injury lawsuit. Also worked the floor buffer and cleaned up broken glass woth not even a basic instruction. Also every shift I would leave in terrible pain and I'm only a 19 years old. Only contracted to work ten hours yet regularly being schedules for 30+ hours per week because not enough staff. Forced to work terrible hours woth shifts often lasting an hour later than on the rota. Being expected to do a million tasks at once...like every shift where i would be the only person on till whilst trying to multitask and clean all of the tills in the shop. Expected yo scan an impossible amount of items a minute...and yes they do time you.Coworkers were nasty and breacher confidentiality on a number of occasions...let's just say it is a small work and my manager was mouthing off about me to someone who is a friend of my family...very professional. I could literally give a million reason s to run from this company and not shop there...also one of the boxes of fruit was infested with flies....probably maggots too. And when I told my boss he shrugged his shoulders :) bon appetite :D

5.0
Aug 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, good management, progressive and forward thinking company. Going places and listens to the staff. A fun and challenging place to work if you are prepared to put in the effort.

Cons

Not for lazy people (personally I think that's a pro... just not for the lazy)

3.0
Aug 16, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are many opportunities for progression, you gain a huge amount of responsibility, the salary and company car are great, excellent focus on training and personal development

Cons

Work life balance is out the window, culture is improving however senior management have a long way to go to develop themselves before the company can truly change, can also gain many bad habits/management style if you stay too long

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