The Kombucha of Jobs - Real Estate Manager Lidl Employee Review

1.0
4 Oct 2018
Recommend
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Pros

- They promote from within - Great exposure to the world's largest case study of how not to do things - If you're looking for a new job, Lidl is a great networking opportunity of like-minded individuals also looking for new jobs - Good pay & benefits for people with little or no experience - Great background material for aspiring sit-com writers - Many of your colleagues will be absolutely outstanding, great people ground down by horrible management practices and the ceaseless promotion of incompetent people - Most of the current Europeans in Real Estate/Construction are highly talented, dedicated and knowledgable though sometimes lack context and genuine appreciation for the US - Working at Lidl is like drinking kombucha or having a colonic: when it's over, you'll feel amazing

Cons

- They only promote from within - Almost guaranteed your boss will know less than you and be threatened by that, but be too inexperienced to leverage your talents - Check your dignity at the door, you will be humiliated in front of external parties, constantly - Never have I been so embarrassed to tell people where I work - Severely and systemically under-resourced - If you work in real estate, make sure to bring your crayons, you'll be needing them

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5.0
8 Dec 2025
Recommend
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are excellent, most people at the peer level are great. Clear performance expectations. Decent cross functional communication

Cons

Company leadership very European and doesn't quite understand the American consumer even after being in the US so long. Unreasonable expectations are the norm. No upward mobility unless you are European or speak fluent German.

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