Is Lidl a good company to work for?

Lidl has an overall rating of 3.4 out of 5, based on over 16,245 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 1% over the last 12 months. 59% of employees would recommend working at Lidl to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Lidl have been left by employees working as Dualer Student , kassierer/in and Kommissionierer .

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?

59% 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 (1395) , Store Manager (375) , Shift Manager (265) , Sales Assistant (236) , Cashier (232) , Deputy Store Manager (192) , Equipier Polyvalent (191) , Sales Associate (190) , Store Associate (189) , Manager (187) , Store Assistant (179) , employé polyvalente (175) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (158) , 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 1358 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 471 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 414 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 237 reviews)); "• Great team and lovely people to work with willing to help you out if needed." ((in 214 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 600 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 557 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 392 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 273 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 135 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 are the top reviewed Lidl locations?

Neckarsulm , Berlin , München , Hamburg , Frankfurt am Main , Heilbronn , Stuttgart , Bremen , Köln , Nürnberg , Koblenz , Mannheim , Hannover , Düsseldorf , Kassel , Augsburg , Herne , Köln , Duisburg , Dresden , Speyer , Kamp-Lintfort , Essen , Leverkusen , Wuppertal , Dortmund , Leipzig , Würzburg , Bad Wimpfen , Bochum

Lidl reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(8,084 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 8,084 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

3.0

Jun 20, 2016

Fair comments

Manager

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Pros

I think the last comments are a little short-sighted and unfair (as well as incorrect), there are American directors in HR, Real Estate, Procurement, Construction, Purchasing - perhaps not in Supply Chain or IT yet, but it's only a matter of time and effort before we prove ourselves there too. In general I think any ratings which have only one star or five can be ignored. True comments will always be constructive and realistic.

Cons

I'm a millennial too, but I feel a lot of my millennial colleagues have unrealistic expectations. I think the Europeans are ok, but they seem to be under a lot of pressure too.

2.0

Feb 2, 2016

Completely lack of recognition

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

- Cool mixed/open environment - Young workforce and lots of exciting people to meet and learn from - Willingness to try new technology and systems

Cons

- Outdated: Suits only and no work from home - Promotion: This is the most absurd part in Lidl US. People who got promoted are either putting in 16 hours/day (of course Saturday and Sunday count!). Lots of people got promoted after 4 or 5 months and they have no ideas what they are doing. These people are super young with unproven results yet but provided title "Senior manager". - The real "senior" management team is favorable on gender. I hate this say this but this is what I experienced during my time here. - Management team fails on recognizing hard working employees and believes as they think each person will need 2 years to adapt to multiple projects and can be assigned to new role. I have proven results from what was asked at the beginning but I had to leave in disappointment because that was a complete lie.

1.0

Jul 17, 2018

A BIG NO

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Lidl is a big company with a big name. - You can make a decent salary coming out of college. - Lots of diversity.

Cons

To be completely honest, I was really looking forward to writing this review for so long, but I don’t have the energy to write every terrible thing about Lidl… it would take too long. To sum it up, if you have any kind of experience, I would highly recommend NOT working at Lidl. Although there were countless cons, my biggest problem was the department I was in… Marketing. Although this was MY biggest pain point, you will have a hard time finding ANYONE that is happy working in ANY department at Lidl. The Marketing leadership has NO idea what they are doing. The only way to work your way up to the top is by sucking up… no knowledge or experience required! Leadership is extremely threatened by anyone who has any knowledge or experience. If they sense you are smarter than them they will stop telling you vital information and leave you out of important meetings. Leadership has absolutely no management skills and I am fairly positive their LinkedIn backgrounds are a hoax. They have costed the company so much money and caused lawsuits that could have easily been avoided. Pretty sure they wrote the glowing reviews before this one, check them out for some fake news!!! Good luck recruiting or keeping anyone who knows anything about Marketing if you don’t get rid of the leadership! Again, there were SO many cons to Lidl (checkout the other reviews for more details), but the leadership has got to take the cake.

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