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?

58% 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 (1398) , Store Manager (378) , 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 (177) , Customer Service (167) , Werkstudent (158) , Deputy Manager (154)

What are the pros of working at Lidl according to real employee reviews?

"One of the best aspects of working as a Shift Manager at Lidl is the good pay." ((in 1386 reviews)); "On pros i can say that the salary was good for the amount of work." ((in 474 reviews)); "Reasonable and offer good benefits" ((in 406 reviews)); "very warming and the people are nice" ((in 240 reviews)); "The team is great and very friendly." ((in 221 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 610 reviews)); "Poor management and very stressful at times." ((in 569 reviews)); "ABSOLUTELY no work life balance they do not care you are a human with a family etc" ((in 378 reviews)); "the managers have glazed over eyes and lack any humour due to years of being demoralised." ((in 274 reviews)); "They give no training at all and expect you to know how to do everything." ((in 138 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?

Arlington , Fredericksburg , Charlotte , Atlanta , Richmond , Washington , New York , Graham , Virginia Beach , Mebane , Raleigh , Philadelphia , Greenville , Ashburn , Greensboro , Spartanburg , Woodbridge , Perryville , Newport News , Alexandria , Manassas , Cary , Dumfries , Fairfax , Winston-Salem , Baltimore , Falls Church , Gastonia , Bowie , College Park

Lidl reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(8,105 total reviews)

Kenneth McGrath

72% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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Lidl has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 8,105 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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews

2.0

Sep 29, 2021

Ok place - take the paycheck and find yourself a new job

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- fancy office - free give away - decent health insurance & pto policy - nice people

Cons

- few to non-training, manager throws you out and expect you to build something from the ground shortly without any "real" help - micromanagement, leadership changes direction often, manager push employees to do something impossible & work overtime - non-trustworthy, always monitor if employee's teams status show as online and ask why away or offline quite often - your coworkers watch you as well - don't allow employees to put over 40 hours on timesheet during covid - even though you work overtime, they don't want to pay extra - no career development opportunities. either you get out of the mess or stuck with it forever

1.0

Oct 23, 2020

Typical company to avoid.

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pros are geared towards Senior Management and up, and European transplants. Both groups are mainly made up caucasian males. (Managers and below are pretty much looked over other than receiving standard benefits).

Cons

Zero to none growth rate. Lidl has not taken a stance on any social injustices that have taken place in the US. There is no voice for minority employees. During the current pandemic employees were required to use 40 hours of PTO while Senior Managers and above are continuously gifted BMW vehicles for no work purpose at all.

2.0

May 6, 2019

Too Many issues

Senior purchasing analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Young office in good area

Cons

Most days in office from around 9a-8p, overworked and underpaid with no overtime benefit No training structure Very few women or POC in leadership roles Promise travel and training in Europe (which I would have loved) then never sent me in almost 3 years there Going to HR with issues does nothing except hurt you Even made employees pay for coffee haha

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