Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,108 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 8,108 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
4.0
Aug 14, 2017

Good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great money and hours. Friendly staff

Cons

Senior management or area managers carry a tone of intimidation. not that much room to progress.

2.0
Aug 12, 2017

Store manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Holiday entitlement is good ...

Cons

They make out they pay more than everybody else in terms of salary , however it's smoke and dagers as most retail contract are an average of 35 hours per week but Lidl is 47.5 hours so you would expect to get paid more as you work a 3rd more hours ... area managers have no retail experience and can be nieve and ask you to break health and safety and food safety rules as they don't know any better

1.0
Aug 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you have no experience, this job pays well.

Cons

1. Be friends with your bosses boss outside of work and you'll be promoted. 2. If you're harassed or abused by your manager and you complain to HR, HR will tell them you complained about them. 3. Only the worst people get promoted - 29 year old, unexperienced and aggressive. 4. Poor decision making is often rewarded. 5. Extremely high turnover. 6. I don't understand the good pay comments -- Lidl does not pay well at all, except if you don't have any experience. 7. I don't know anyone who is happy working for Lidl, when you speak with them candidly. 8. Lidl expects you to berate your external partners who work extremely hard for you. 9. If you treat people the way Lidl wants you to treat them, your career is done. 10. I love how they post fake reviews on Glassdoor.

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