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?

"One of the best aspects of working as a Shift Manager at Lidl is the good pay." ((in 1353 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 493 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 418 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 235 reviews)); "• Great team and lovely people to work with willing to help you out if needed." ((in 218 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 607 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 572 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 382 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 278 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 136 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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8K reviews

5.0

Dec 21, 2015

Great Company to work for

Quality assurance

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible start and end time especially in QA Department allow me to have a great work /life balance. Great benefits. Good working relationship with most of my coworkers. An Amazing Director who appreciated and recognized her team's effort.

Cons

Need to improve communication between departments.

2.0

Dec 10, 2015

Don't apply if you want a life

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice coworkers, company car, good pay

Cons

No work life balance, management is not open minded and does not respect employees. constantly working in fear of being fired

2.0

Apr 2, 2024

Chaos

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I’ve worked with some absolutely fantastic, enthusiastic and talented people over my years at Lidl. I’ve become friends with so many outside of work. I’ve been given opportunities at Lidl that I never would have been given otherwise. Compensation is great, benefits are good. Work life balance is great bc everything is so disorganized no one is doing work anymore. Not because they’re lazy but because there’s no leadership or clear strategy.

Cons

We’ve been through 3 layoffs in the past year. The majority of those affected by the layoffs last week were women and minorities. Their health insurance was canceled effective that day. Current CEO is completely out of touch and by far the worst of the 5 (?) we’ve had. When asked what his favorite Lidl location was (in a company-wide town hall) he said “the one closest to my house in the Hamptons” . SIR the majority of people at this company make ~$20 an hour. His walk up song is “American idiot” and he hasn’t been proved wrong. His “hand picked, A-team” VPs refuse to speak with anyone under a director level and they just fired most of the directors.

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