Lidl reviews

When you first start you get sent to the shiny headquarters where you are given an itenary which includes a buddy system. That was non existent. In fact my 'buddy' had no input at all with me and left it to someone who was paid less and had less responsibility to show me the ropes as such. Training very very basic. For my first six weeks was shoved on the till as it was easier to do that than train me (which required time ) on bakery. Non food. Etc. Then your expected to be an expert on the day your pulled off a till. It just didn't add up. Store worked on minimal staff. And had no extra hours allocated for a few of us who started together. So basically we were classed as full time staff and not extra. So where's the training ? I'm not one for breaks, so that didn't really effect me. But if you would like a 30 min break in a 10 hour shift then I would suggest you leave the store when on break. Some staff got away with a lot due to being 'favorites' Talking to other staff frowned Upon. Customer service is non existent.and they expect you to get them out the store as soon as possible. Going against what they say in public as a company... Majority of my supervisors were awkward non compliant and came across as quite bitter when it came to helping me out. In summary if your thinking of moving to Lidl. Don't. Your shifts will always last longer. (Unpaid) No gratitude is shown Your superiors are awkward. Training is non existent And your shifts are changed very last minute , which is inconvenient if they move it to 4 am. At 9pm the previous night. Or that may just be one of the Blackpool stores?

Horribly understaffed, leading to being landed in trouble for not getting everything done despite often leaving 3 hours late and hence being unable to have any sort of social life. Recent productivity targets have worsened this situation. Very top down autocratic management, lacking in compassion and humanity. Very lengthy recruitment process, amazingly they seem to put a lot of resources into carefully recruiting managers but make no effort to retain them. Company loves systems and set ways of doing every tiny thing. Kills any hope of creativity and individuality. Awful meat grinder of a place that has claimed the souls of so many - the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised.