Avoid buying admin - grad scheme a joke - Anonymous employee Lidl Employee Review

1.0
Sep 30, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Good name to have on CV - You will develop bags of resilience due to having to deal with bad attitudes on a regular basis - Day goes quickly as far too much work / employee

Cons

- Incompetent management - makes it difficult to improve and progress - Hostile and aggressive culture - only way to succeed and progress is to simultaneously be a 'yes' man and act in a direct and aggressive manner - Grad scheme is non-existent - Admin work is monotonous, repetitive and not intellectually stimulating - Work life balance not encouraged - culture of doing overtime for the sake of it - Managers not able to support teams due to spending most of their time in (clearly not very helpful) meetings - No concern for employee wellbeing - Progression opportunities extremely limited

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