Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,107 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,107 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
2.0
Sep 3, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

3.0
Sep 2, 2017

So far so good

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is good, hours are good.

Cons

Pay issues, inexperienced supervisors, hired too many people

4.0
Aug 29, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- good pay - extensive training - relatively flexible hours depending on the number of hours you are contracted to work and how humane your managers happen to be - good quality uniform

Cons

- the work can be physically exhausting - depending on the issue, they can be a bit slow in sorting out any issues you might have (like getting a better fitting uniform or similar logistical issues)

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