Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,090 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

71% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,090 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
Sep 1, 2023

Do Not work here

Recommend
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Pros

High pay High promotion rate (if you are young)

Cons

Soul sucking culture. Unless you are a rabbit, who chases after dangling carrots, this is not the place for you. Over promising & underdelivering is the name of the game! The executive board is a mismatched group of white European men (besides the one token woman added in 2022, known for executing layoffs in other companies) who have no relevant US training or culture knowledge, and the expectation of work is changed on an almost daily basis. You will show up every single day not knowing what the goal is. Not to mention, the do-or-die mentality trickling to the bottom. If working from 7 am until the next day at 5 am in the office sounds enticing, continue with the application. The culture transition to the US is exactly the opposite of what we have worked so hard to cultivate.

2.0
Mar 13, 2023

Food for Thought

Recommend
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Pros

Autonomy within role. Remote/Hybrid Flexibility. Decent Benefits. Decent Pay (depending on the role). Company car (depending on the role). In my 4 years with the organization I can say I personally recruited some of the best talent I’ve seen.

Cons

Inconsistent compensation structure. Very limited to non existent performance based incentives. Total rewards… far from it. Internationally bound structure/framework which creates significant hurdles and delays in operations and IT. European leadership very intolerant of acclimating and understanding the US employee. Biases at interview stage are real. Very cliquish environment. Lack of respect for employee relations therefor enabling retaliation.

2.0
Nov 25, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Colleagues from all over the world and all levels of society, most of whom are nice - More flexible working arrangements than most companies of a comparable size - Subsidised food delivery service saves time - Occasional company engagement events which create opportunities to meet new people - Good maternity benefits and accommodation for new mothers (not much for fathers, unfortunately)

Cons

- The head office and all senior management have relocated to Singapore leading to the feeling of increased power distance - The company feels like two separate companies (HG and TX) who have incompletely merged - no overall leadership or strategy leading to middle and senior management pulling in different directions - The HR department have had multiple rounds of complete turnover, leading to inconsistent policies and an unclear performance review process - Annual below-inflation pay rises. Because of the unclear performance process, the only way to match or beat inflation is to go through a bureaucratic out-of-cycle process or sacrifice other team members' pay rises entirely - 10+ hour workdays have become the norm due to high attrition - Invisible C level leadership

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