hard work but little rewards - Anonymous employee Lidl Employee Review

2.0
12 May 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

work conditions have improved a lot for the last 3 -4 years with the introduction of PZE (timing of work to the minute), introduction of a staff discount.

Cons

The productivity is still increasing and the pressure is mounting. The staff level is skeleton to say the least, the management is more an slave driving culture rather than to devellop staff. The targets are very hard to achieve, Staff are not considered as people more than machine. ABOVE ALL the culture of lying about how we manage the business is endemic and doesn't show any sign of disappearing. Every member of staff are trained and forced to tell what the head office want to hear

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