Does Lidl pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Lidl employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Lidl. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Lidl?

58% of Lidl employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Lidl 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Lidl?

Customer Assistant (1391) , Store Manager (375) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (229) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (186) , Store Assistant (179) , employé polyvalente (173) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (157) , Deputy Manager (152)

What are the pros of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"Good pay but works out at minimum pay when you divide between the hours you work." ((in 1340 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 488 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 412 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 241 reviews)); "• Great team and lovely people to work with willing to help you out if needed." ((in 230 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"The strategy of the company is not clear; long hours; variety of projects; team quite unhappy being short" ((in 596 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 576 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 389 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 270 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 137 reviews))

What are employees saying about Lidl layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Lidl layoffs and their outlook for job security at Lidl in 2026.

What Lidl locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Bowie , Alexandria , Spartanburg , Greensboro , Newport News , Falls Church

Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,070 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

73% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

3.0

Senior management

2.9

Work/Life balance

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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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

3.0

Aug 16, 2014

You will work extremely hard, long hours, great physical & mental stress, a lot of responsibility & personal development

Sales operations manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are many opportunities for progression, you gain a huge amount of responsibility, the salary and company car are great, excellent focus on training and personal development

Cons

Work life balance is out the window, culture is improving however senior management have a long way to go to develop themselves before the company can truly change, can also gain many bad habits/management style if you stay too long

5.0

Jul 14, 2014

9 years with company

Anchor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are looking for progresing in the company, you are in right place. The working environment is great.

Cons

You have to dea with the shoplifters with no protection.

4.0

Jun 30, 2014

if your a hard worker whats the problem

Assistant store assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

been working for lidils for 14 years now ive not had any problem working there if you no what your doing and your not lazy there should not be a problem ive also worked for aldi for four year but prefer lidil more more wages flexiable hours good family team meaning staff and i do 40 hours a week and i love my job best supermarket pay but you have to sweat a little

Cons

there are many challenges you can go from store assistant to store manegers and then become dm to

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