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      Lidl

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      Lidl reviews

      3.4

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (8,085 total reviews)

      Kenneth McGrath

      73% approve of CEO

      49% positive business outlook

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      Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,085 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
      Feb 23, 2017

      Stay Away from Purchasing Admin Department

      Purchasing analyst - projects
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The lies are pretty good. First three days you have to agree with them that Lidl is better than Google. And, if you do do that, you don't have to do anything for your next promotion.

      Cons

      - They will discriminate against you until you start getting physically/mentally sick. They will pick on various things about you and it will get to the point where you will start questioning yourself. At least this is how the Purchasing Admin Department is. Based on previous reviews, it does not look any better in other departments. But, I can't speak for those. - The assignments don't ever make any sense. They are either for elementary kids or something you can't do because you don't have the resources yet. It's more than just busy work. It's stupid busy work that doesn't go anywhere. One of my assignments was to convert pounds to kilograms in an Excel file (ridiculous). You will be rated on this. - Again, keep in mind the tasks assigned are below your level, but so is management as well. It will take some time to notice because they pretend to be busy out of breath professionals. It's their thing, to seem like they are running around. You will be set up in the worst possible way. Anything you know better than your supervisors, which will be 99% of the time, you will be humiliated for it somehow. They will take your ideas as their own and run with it at the end. You will start to watch your back constantly, because you outsmarted them, and in their eyes are a threat. - Lidl had employees send questions to the board with their concerns and all of them were about "the hostile work environment and supervisors being bullies." - In the Purchasing Admin department, most people are performing job functions they would have never applied for. The VP hires highly qualified people and then turns them into "Data Entry" clerks without even considering their strengths and the fact that she lied during the whole interview process. You will be bullied and your position will be TBD, while in reality you are just a data entry clerk. They will make sure you feel worthless so you stoop low to their level or below.

      3.0
      Aug 22, 2016

      Reality Check

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay. Company car. A lot of young, bright, and hard working people scattered throughout different departments.

      Cons

      Unwilling to part with old ways of thinking. Need to understand that this is the US market, and employees and customers alike have certain expectations. Projects are given last minute so that you constantly feel like you must be at the office 10+ hours per day. Limited Americans in senior roles, which creates a headache when trying to push for changes unique to the US market.

      2.0
      Jul 13, 2016

      Significant salary vs workload mismatch

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      -Some people get to travel to europe for training -Free food samples once a week -Good IT equipment -Free german lessons during work hours if you can make a case that you need the language for business

      Cons

      Salaries don't fit what's expected of employees at all. Outside of the HR department which is like a different world, some directors demand ridiculous work hours from their people. Now don't get me wrong: salaries at lidl US are not the worst. And there are other companies out there that suck the life out of their employees. Think of management consulting or investment banking. But if they do so at least they have to match salaries with expectations. And this is not the case at Lidl. A lot of people work 50 or 60 or at times 70 hours a week. Overtime pay: exactly zero. Gratitude from the company: nonexistent. If you approach management with the fact that someone working 15 hours per week extra earns the same as someone leaving at 5 every day, they just shrug their shoulders and say: Yeah, but we just have more work here. It's pathetic! People get lured in with the promise of endless opportunity even when the starting salary is pretty low. And yes some people get promoted fast. I would put their number at around 10 to 15 percent of new hires. But for the vast majority it's just an illusion, a carrot on a stick you'll never get to, or only after many years. Or they just ship over someone from the parent company to be your boss. And you know what? That's okay, its fine. Just don't promise your people stuff that's not happening to keep wages down. That is not fair and it won't work in the long run.

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