Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,073 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

73% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,073 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
Aug 24, 2018

Analyst

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing good out of this place.

Cons

DO NOT WORK HERE. Save yourself the trouble, and trust all of the negative reviews. There is a reason the turnover is so high and the stores are not doing well. The management is awful - awful to a greater extent than you can ever imagine. All of the employees and disgruntled because of this and the communication is very poor. Multiple people had gone to HR over sexual harassment, and being mistreated by their manager, and nothing was ever done about it. The culture is very negative and competitive, to the point that even when you do your job and more, your manager is only looking for what you missed. They are very quick to find out who is to blame instead of solving quick fixes. Even the international board called moving into the US a “‘mistake”. It was a major mistake. They have created a tense atmosphere where nothing gets done because of a lack of communication and poor management. (Most of the managers are very young with no experience). In addition, there is a very poor work life balance. Their only fix to this was to tell people that if they were working 12 hours a day, it was their own incapability of completing their work on time. When in fact, the workload was more than any one person could manage. This place is filled with negativity. Everyone there wants to leave - if they haven’t already yet. Find something else if you want to secure your future and actually grow.

2.0
May 28, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Great experience for young people to get broad experience at a large company with lots of responsiblity and autonomy -Coworkers come from many different backgrounds

Cons

-Long hours -Unrealistic expectations -Lots of unnecessary work to impress international colleagues -Strategies not shared with company, leaving many employees in dark on what they should be doing -Horrible company culture

2.0
Mar 22, 2018

Low HQ Pay, company in flux

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits: Seriously, my new job has a $1,000 deductible and 50% higher premiums. Free Stuff: “Giveaways” happen 1-5 times a week. A cart with excess samples gets put it. Your pantry will be pretty full of stuff you don’t necessarily want. But you will get some gems here and there. Fast Promotion (for some) Some teams hand out promotions with 25% raises after 9-12 months. Read further before you let this decide for you. Young Cool Coworkers Yeah. Lidl is young. You might be on a team of people who are young and fun. This also tends to make things feel cliquey. Also everyone is having a baby. Which is another social barrier. But do you really want to have entangling friendships at work? Up to you.

Cons

Unclear promotional structure Previously, the promotional structure was murky. On purpose? You might be told, “if you do X,Y, and Z you might get a promotion!” and it’s a gamble whether its true or not. The carrot is only so effective when its crayons drawn on paper. New promotional structure The new promotional system is more clear, but the downside is that now more barriers are in place. It seems intentional to slow down labor cost increases. Pay And why is the promotional system so important? Because the pay is below competitive. Way below competitive. If you start as an analyst, it will be very hard to pay your bills. I needed a roommate. And then when I had some emergencies, my savings were wiped. For higher titles the pay isn’t bad. Senior Analyst title is competitive in DC (compared to Analysts). Check salaries for DC/Arlington and cost of living. Management seems to do ok, pay-wise. I was hired as an analyst. After a year of believing I would be promoted, I got the automatic 10% raise. This put me at the bottom of the DC pay scale. I since found a new job paying 25% over this 10% raise. Management Its unclear they know what they were doing. Back in the heady early days everyone got a promotion and so your manager might not be so experienced. Resting on its Laurels Lidl in Europe has a good system. They do well. They got rusty. They thought these successes would carry over to the US. How hard could it be? Just translate the product packaging to English right? Wrong. Another reason I left is job uncertainty. The 2018 realignment is not a good sign. All in all, the company is slow to change, invests in their people in some obscure ways (some free food/snacks, good benefits). But not in other tangible ways: clear feedback, competitive salary.

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