LIDL's Policy, unbelievable!!!!!!!!

MyUserNamesTaken

jw1096 wrote:

They are on a good salary!! They give out pay rises like toilet paper, the minimum store manager wage is £23000. But they have you working for 65+ hours a week (contracted to a minimum of 50), so its exhausting.

Jo xx

jw, if that's really what a manager at Lidl gets, you should seriously consider working for Aldi.

N9eav

I have friends who manage for Tesco, they would never have to pay out dosh if they were robbed. I still think it's disgracefull. They smashed the drawer open with a crow bar in front of the cashier. Are they supposed to start fighting with them for the companies money?

bunking_off

N9eav wrote:

Are they supposed to start fighting with them for the companies money?

Not that I agree with Lidl's position, but the answer is probably "no, but they're supposed to ensure that their staff comply with company policy which is to empty the till when it contains £X". (as an example my local bakers advertise no more than £100 in till...which in reality probably means no more than £200. Lidl tends to encourage cash transactions due to not accepting Visa, but my guess would be X = 500)

Again, not in this business, but wouldn't be at all surprised if any insurance was null & void because it only covers having a certain amount of cash on premises not in the safe.

If - and it is a big if because we're all second guessing the situation - that is the case, the manager in question is pretty lucky not to have been dismissed for gross misconduct.

calleyw

According to threads I have read about Banks in the US they just hand the money over.

As the banks say the money is insured and can be replaced. But a human can't.

Any company that expects me to fight for there money they can go and take a flying leap. My life is worth way more than a few hundred in a till.


Yours


Calley

Outtathaway

calleyw wrote:

According to threads I have read about Banks in the US they just hand the money over.

As the banks say the money is insured and can be replaced. But a human can't.

Any company that expects me to fight for there money they can go and take a flying leap. My life is worth way more than a few hundred in a till.


Yours


Calley

At the supermarket where I work we've been told its actually a disciplinery offence if we put up a fight and don't hand over the money

calleyw

Outtathaway wrote:

At the supermarket where I work we've been told its actually a disciplinery offence if we put up a fight and don't hand over the money

Thank goodness there are some supermarkets with sense out there.


Yours

Calley

Poppy9

If I was the manager/cashier I would sue Lidls for not providing sufficent protection for the staff. There is no security guard in my local store, as there is in Tesco. If the company want to play hard ball so should the staff.

N9eav

As far as comparison is concerned.

LIDLs seem to me to have too few staff to run the store. No security and the staff are too busy to keep an eye out for shoplifters etc. No CCTV. Not very good really

N9eav

By the way which would be better, ALDI or LIDL. We have a new ALDI opening. I heard this though. They were offering jobs st £8 an hour for shop assisitants. Looked good, but then someone said, you have to pay your own tax and NI ?

BWZN93

MyUserNamesTaken wrote:

jw, if that's really what a manager at Lidl gets, you should seriously consider working for Aldi.

I jgave up on the 65hour weeks after one week, id rather be at home baking my own bread instead of continually buying takeaways because I dont have a life! Am now (hopefully after today's interview anyway) going into retail banking, the hours are friendlier!

Jo xx

P.S As for your own NI and Tax thats wrong, they do that for you. They simply pay well because you are expected to work hard, no slackers there! Its better to be a shop assistant than a manager, the hours are better! Its a good job getting paid hourly, but you do have to do all things, restocking, tills, cleaning, you dont just sit on a till all day waiting for the customers, 'get off the till and do other work as quick as possible' is the way it works!