How are flexible working hours at Lidl?

Flexible hours and occasionally a fair bit of overtime in my shop based on busy periods

Sometimes they work you like a dog

Young and collaborative team, good relationships with colleagues, flexible hours, great opportunity to develop soft skills and customer service abilities.

Limited career growth opportunities, sometimes unstable shifts, heavy workload during sales periods and weekends.

flexible working hours, work from home policy.

no clear career progression path

The company has a good benefit package.

The company prides itself on getting the job done with a “lean” take. This means literally no hours at all times. Even as an assistant manager I was promised 40 hours per week but on a consistent basis was scheduled for about 36 and most weeks missed an entire day or days on a check. Associates has to go assist nearby stores to get extra hours because they consistently get scheduled for only 1-2 days per week. As an ASM you’re forced to go to other stores for workshops which isn’t told per interview that aren’t nearby in which you’re promised by the company compensation via (concur) for mileages and via (company) for travel time. You will receive none of the above and burn miles, time, and maintenance on your personal vehicle getting to these locations which take an hour plus to get to. They do not have a proper training system and require you on your free off time to print and read all of their SOP and policies to be able to verbatim be able to articulate them for your many store walks because they do not want to invest in paying for the time to teach you properly. The registers and self checkouts has to be the most inconsistent system of them all in the store. Customers will often get mad because they will lag, ask for assistance, weigh items wrong, or simply won’t let them proceed without an employees assistance. No work life balance my schedule for the current week would change with no notice. You’ll come into work on days that was changed or have important events just populate on your calendar and you are told to “always look at the calendar and check the notes.” When it’s the SMs responsibility to articulate any changes and do so in a timely manner.

1. Friendly and tight-knit team, mentors that I have met here were knowledgable and willing to teach me, thus I have expanded my knowledge immensely in the field. Manager was also very kind and easy-going. 2. Generous benefits : above-average annual leave entitlements, comprehensive insurance coverage 3. Nice working environment at ICC: sweeping view of the sea, spacious seating, sanitized washroom 4. Considerate work arrangements: Flexible hours, work from home, early release

1. A lot of changes may take place unexpectedly and the HK office may not be informed promptly. So sometimes the whole team were caught off guard and brought about inefficiency. 2. The prospect of the industry may not be that promising, I guess, as it largely hinges on the European economy. 3. It seems the management is only resorting to cutting back on the employee benefits to drive down the overall cost. Even the Christmas Party was held on the pantry for 2 consecutive years.

Flexible schedule and good pay for the work

Hard labor that involves being fit

Overtime unlimited, private break room, employee microwave and fridge.

Little to no training. Promotions are given through tenure or to managerial accommodaters aka pets, horrible scheduling no work life balance what's so ever. Culture is heavy on intimidation, guilt tripping or harassment, no accountability.

Good pay, flexible work hours

Heavy workload, always short staffed

Good pay, flexible working hours

Lack of care towards staff

Good salary, benefits, flexible working hours, good team

very busy with usually understaffed stores