Great pay, thats all. - Store Manager Designate Lidl Employee Review

2.0
Sep 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is really good, and as of September 2017 they have started to look into internal development as opposed to recruiting externally.

Cons

Work life balance is thrown out the window. Hard work, alot of physical labour even for senior managers. Deadlines are very short. Alot of sickness from customer assistants in most stores, area managers are disruptive constantly adding tasks to your day. If you are working on a closing shift finish time is never certain and can be over 2 hours extra. You are only allowed 30 minute break even if you are on a 10 hour shift which is standard for any level of management or higher than 20hour contract staff.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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