Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,098 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,098 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 Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.4 stars).

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8K reviews
1.0
Mar 22, 2018

Toxic culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some departments will give employees a large amount of responsibility, which can be a good learning experience for those who don't have much corporate expierience

Cons

The culture is really bad- I really don't know how else to put it. Managers and VPs seems to almost enjoy embarrassing and degrading employees in front of their colleagues. Inter-departmental communication is virtually non-exist ant, which inevitably manifests itself in terrible ways at the most inopportune times. Work-life balance is terrible. I mean really, really terrible. You will be expected to work 10+ hours each day on a salary that is not competitive for the area in which the headquarters is located in, and you will not be thanked for it.

1.0
Mar 21, 2018

ZERO hours for the past 4 weeks

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are no pros NONE!!!

Cons

Been with them since the training and grand opening. And now the part time 20 hr per week employees have been reduced to ZERO hours for the past 4 weeks. Think twice before you decide to work for them. They do NOT care about you or the community as they they so proudly announced when they came to the USA

1.0
Nov 9, 2017
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Pros

Got to train abroad which allowed me to travel. But they aren't sending people overseas anymore. Even that experience was horrendous. The traveling part was a life experience I will never forget or regret. I have learned to stand up more for myself and have learned a lot about what I am ok with and will not put up with.

Cons

Respect: Training with Lidl UK included having to deal sexism, sexual harassment and rude, outdated ways of Managing. My experience at HQ for Lidl US included a lot of lower experienced Managers in higher Management positions and a lot of overcompensating for that. Including being talked down to, belittled, getting in trouble for needing to use the bathroom during a training class, being screamed at by the head of training and then being told after that that we indeed are treated well.... Recognition: No such thing unless you mean being belittled. Responsibility: Supply Chain is a nightmare. HQ departments are being run by people who failed the DM training program overseas, mass hiring of sales associates have left stores with low level of talent who have no work ethic, no one is ever paid consistently, lidl opened stores in small town America- in buildings that literally are falling apart, yet.... on store level the managers are somehow responsible for all the store's problems. Trust: have I mentioned I'm not getting paid what I was told I would get paid when I got my position? When I asked for a contract I kept getting told I would receive one and then conveniently never did. They over-hired and made us think they are expanding aggressively, yet made such poor decisions they are having to halt openings and have nowhere to put all the people they hired. So they are finding ways to push people out the door.

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