Working at Lidl?

Solomon_Broad

Does anyone have any recent experience (within the past 12 months) of working at Lidl?

I've looked online and found a lot of info about how terrible they are, but it's all from 2+ years ago. I want to know if the company has changed in recent times, as I'm considering working there.

silkyuk9

do you have to be self employed to work for them, im sure you have to pay your own tax and NI but i might be wrong.

DCFC79

silkyuk9 wrote: »

do you have to be self employed to work for them, im sure you have to pay your own tax and NI but i might be wrong.

where you get this from, they are a normal supermarket and tax etc is paid as it should be as with other meployers eg tesco, morrisons etc

im not having a go at you but more the info you received from another source

DCFC79

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

Does anyone have any recent experience (within the past 12 months) of working at Lidl?

I've looked online and found a lot of info about how terrible they are, but it's all from 2+ years ago. I want to know if the company has changed in recent times, as I'm considering working there.

in what aspect, as management or as a general assistant

Solomon_Broad

General assistant. I have an interview today, so I'm going to scope them out.

ampersand

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

General assistant. I have an interview today, so I'm going to scope them out.

??? 'scope??? them out....what does this mean?
Good luck at i/v nonetheless.

Solomon_Broad

ampersand wrote: »

??? 'scope??? them out....what does this mean?

See what they're like.

The interview went well, but I think they require more flexibility than I can give them. They also seem to ignore the 11-hour daily rest entitlement. £6.50 an hour isn't bad, but finishing work one day at 9:30PM and starting at 6:00AM the next isn't really on.

Googlewhacker

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

See what they're like.

The interview went well, but I think they require more flexibility than I can give them. They also seem to ignore the 11-hour daily rest entitlement. £6.50 an hour isn't bad, but finishing work one day at 9:30PM and starting at 6:00AM the next isn't really on.

Whilst not legal is it really that bad asking you to finish at 9.30pm one night and start the next night, it wouldn't be every day would it?

And I saw a debate on MSE that retail were exempt due to shifts but I'm not sure what happened to that

Solomon_Broad

I wouldn't get into the house until 10:15PM, and I'd have to be up at 4:30AM the following morning. That's about 5 hours sleep, which *really* isn't enough for me. Also, I don't want to work for a company that breaks the law like that. What else are they going to be doing that breaks the law that they don't advertise? Possibly nothing, possibly an awful lot.

Googlewhacker

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

I wouldn't get into the house until 10:15PM, and I'd have to be up at 4:30AM the following morning. That's about 5 hours sleep, which *really* isn't enough for me. Also, I don't want to work for a company that breaks the law like that. What else are they going to be doing that breaks the law that they don't advertise? Possibly nothing, possibly an awful lot.

As mentioned it is debateable whether it is breaking the WTD as it is shift work but I'm not 100% on that so don't really want to say to much on that but I understand the point of getting up at 4.30am!!!

DCFC79

Solomon_Broad wrote: »

I wouldn't get into the house until 10:15PM, and I'd have to be up at 4:30AM the following morning. That's about 5 hours sleep, which *really* isn't enough for me. Also, I don't want to work for a company that breaks the law like that. What else are they going to be doing that breaks the law that they don't advertise? Possibly nothing, possibly an awful lot.

i cant see the 6 30 till 9 30 shift being 5 days a week but i do understand about getting in at gone 10 and getting up at 4 30, did they defintely say a shift would be 6 30 till 9 30,

just out of interest what time does the store close its doors in the evening or what store is it

edit if its once a week would that be a problem