Pros
Great colleagues, Free coffee, OK Benefits, Ping Pong/Video games in break room
Cons
Where do I start?? -Management has no clue on what they are doing. 2-3 board members "leave for personal reasons" every couple of months. instead of hiring someone that has knowledge of the US market, they just bring another European that leaves after less than 2 years.The Board of directors has 7 men and 2 women, who are all white and only 2 are non-european. So that tells you all you need to know about diversity within LIDL. -The turnover rate on the HQ level is more than 50%. This results in nobody knowing what they are doing. - Most of the softwares that are used are in German. Everyone spends half their day trying to translate stuff. They want to keep everything the "LIDL way" so whatever international decides is what the US must do. -The pay is decent. they give 8% more due to HQ being located in Arlington, VA. Even with the 8% increase, the average pay is much lower than other companies in the area. - Work/ Life balance- if you are looking for that, don't even bother applying. With the high turnover rate and company struggling overall in the US, you will be lucky if you can call it a day after 10 hours. - Company Culture- if you work hard, you not will get promoted past a manager position, unless you come from Europe. It's always a US vs Europe mentality on the HQ level. This is very unfortunate because they are losing great employees to other companies. Some of the people were amazing people to work with day in and day out, but due to lack of opportunities and company culture they moved on. Company culture is so bad that they have to bring in outside consultants to help train directors and VPs on how to better understand and communicate with the American employee. - Company Ratings- Don't think that all the 5 star reviews are genuine. We were told in our annual meetings to leave positive reviews on these job sites. if you really want to know the real LIDL, read the negative reviews and why people left such bad reviews. -Future- Although they have a model that might work in Europe, don't not be surprised to see LIDL pack up and be out of the US in the next few years. If you don't believe it, just go inside one of the stores or read the reviews that customers leave on social media. Stores are constantly empty and whatever they advertised in their app are never found in the store. Common switch and bait trick to get customers into the stores for items that aren't even in stock. Overall- I was super excited as a recent college grad to work for a company that had so much buzz and potential in the US, but was never able to figure out how grocery works in the US. Fast forward 2 plus years and leaving this company is one of the best decisions I am making.