Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,070 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 8,070 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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Jul 5, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is alright for the work.

Cons

Incompetence at management and district manager levels. Most of these are children incapable of doing a simple job such as ordering the right shirts or scheduling the correct hours of work. They literally took anyone with a degree and it shows with the sheer number of mishaps at the corporate level. All they care about is having sex and wasting their paychecks. Working with these little kids has been one of the worst times of my life. Halfway through my training, many managers and even some district mangers were fired from the company due to lewd facebook posts. How ridiculous can you get? Also, have fun driving to their "training center" located an hour and a half away from your house. Don't worry, they pay a pittance for mileage and will do everything in their power to prevent you from wasting their money. Your coworkers are usually alright. There are a few cases of people with their heads so far up their butts that they'll drink down anything management tells them to "get ahead" in the grocery business. What a joke Oh. Don't expect to have a life. They demand five day a week training, even if you live an hour and a half away. For six weeks. Do the math.

3.0
May 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I truly feel Lidl has great potential, the pay is very decent, the exposure is uncharted, technologically advanced, flex work hours, and the environment is fresh!

Cons

As a part of the purchasing dept it's one of thee most cut throats and dog eat dog situations you will ever enter. Promotions are based off of who can bark the loudest vs. actual merit and work ethic. Which sucks, cause they have great analyst that constantly get overlooked while new comers jump to the front of the line. I worked really closely with QA and they have the blind leading the blind!! I can't even count how many delays were encountered due to their sensory teams leadership!

1.0
Jan 4, 2017

Say NO Lidl- RUN THE OTHER WAY

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people to work with and good compensation.

Cons

Hire fresh graduates no experience making more money than people who have experience and degree. HR a bunch of snakes always hissing. Can't be trusted. Will stab you in the back. Very unprofessional. People holding positions in HR and don't have any experience. Always hire Europeans before US citizens. This is NOT employer of choice.

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