Lidl reviews

Be prepared to work 50/60+ hours a week (say goodbye to your social life) No opportunities (only external candidates become DM's, easier to brainwash) No praise whatsoever for anything good that your store as achieved( that's what your paid for) Threats (Threat of a disciplinary will hang over your head, for the slightest things) Culture of fear (Oh no the DM is coming, or Please lord don't let the SOM come to my store as he is in the area) Bullying is rife A culture of clickiness ( if your face don't fit, your in trouble) No support (even when things are bad, again this is what your paid to do, deal with it!) Be prepared to brown nose (survival is the name of the game)

Plenty of cons too many to list. Close shifts often go past scheduled time. Long hours for managers, 50 a week. Constant pressure from above to perform better and faster. Always told where you went wrong, never praised. Rotas changed at short notice. No extra pay for store assistants on Sundays/bank holidays. Never enough staff in store leads to the most common complaint - long till queues. Managers expected to go well beyond call of duty, contacted out of work often and any time of day. Four years in the company I only ever worked with one district manager (DM) who was pleasant to staff. I won't go on. If you can work had and fast (I managed it) then you will survive and the money is quite good for management. But you will member get any long term job satisfaction working here.