great if you don't need work-life balance - Graduate Trainee Lidl Employee Review

1.0
7 Jan 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

money, company car, being busy

Cons

lack of respect, workload, phone calls on days off, no work-life balance, toxic work culture. most managers are people who have been in the company for years - their mentality and approach to work stopped a long time ago. they know everything best, they don't make mistakes, and graduates definitely want to take their position! so the best method is not to teach them, why waste productivity hours on grads?!

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Lidl Response
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Thank you for your detailed review. We take all feedback seriously, and there are a few points you mentioned that we’d like to discuss further. If you have the time, feel free to reach out at careers.sm@lidl.co.uk. Thanks again, and we wish you all the best moving forward.

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