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
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.

5.0
Jul 4, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited resources, teamwork, full commitment. Quick decisions. Single owner and reduced structure of top management makes connection easier with strategy.

Cons

Need to keep appearences, maintain the distances in public, stiff and formalistic relationships. High staff turnover. Too many implicit expectations.

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