Pros
I’ve worked with some absolutely fantastic, enthusiastic and talented people over my years at Lidl. I’ve become friends with so many outside of work. I’ve been given opportunities at Lidl that I never would have been given otherwise. Compensation is great, benefits are good. Work life balance is great bc everything is so disorganized no one is doing work anymore. Not because they’re lazy but because there’s no leadership or clear strategy.
Cons
We’ve been through 3 layoffs in the past year. The majority of those affected by the layoffs last week were women and minorities. Their health insurance was canceled effective that day. Current CEO is completely out of touch and by far the worst of the 5 (?) we’ve had. When asked what his favorite Lidl location was (in a company-wide town hall) he said “the one closest to my house in the Hamptons” . SIR the majority of people at this company make ~$20 an hour. His walk up song is “American idiot” and he hasn’t been proved wrong. His “hand picked, A-team” VPs refuse to speak with anyone under a director level and they just fired most of the directors.