Lidi Ireland`

Agent Smith

Just looking for Other peoples ideas on this...


Are lidi Good people to work for, I currently work for Dunnes Stores and looking for a Change of place...


Are they bastards to work for? ( like at cashair level...)

Karoma

No real job development prospects.
Lots of long hours. No union, so don't expect any rights to complain.
In short: no. Supposedly good money though.

Agent Smith

Arent you entitled to be a Member of A Union?

TempestSabre

agent smith wrote:

Arent you entitled to be a Member of A Union?

Yes but a company doesn't have to deal with it AFAIK.

pwee

A senior manager in lidl( ie 1 grade above area manager) told me that they expect you to come in on your day off etc, also my uncle knows a girl who left dunnes for lidl and she finds lidl ****, i presume your talking about a management position? Sure the money is better but u will work for it. Every avenue in lidl and aldi is squeezed to make money i mean everything. Sorry just saw da cashier bit. jesus dont leave for a cashier position, zero prospects at dis level. best of luck.
P.s im in retail myself.

elvis2002

do not leave dunnes. Its a cushy number. In lidl you'll be expected to work horrible hours and probably wont be given any break for ages and when the boss tells you to go break he'll say be back in 15 minutes. balls. I hated the place during summer work a few years ago. The management level treat you like crap. You could be in from 9 to 6, at 5.55 your all set to go home and have plans to do something and its can you stay back for another 2 hours. if you say no there all like, why did we hire you, i thought you were enthuastic and all.

A cashier level in lidl will also be expected to stock shelves which is a nightmare in lidl because of the products they have. Ie - stacking 200 cartons of orange by hand.

You can never make plans with them. You can say to the boss, I have to take 4 days off in 4 weeks time, he'll say grand. you'll remind him every week etc. then the week before you go up and confirm you wont be in next week and he looses it saying there's noone to cover, you can't go, all this crap. They are liable to ring on saturday moring at 8 to get you to go in at 9. Crap like that.

They are horrible people. Stay away for them.

I got so demoralized and depressed there that when one day some little bollix of a grade one manager start having a go at me for putting ice cream in the fridge too slowly. (he didn't realise that after a while your hands get really painful from the cold). I told him to stick the stuff up his hole and left the place that instant.

Steffano2002

elvis2002 wrote:

I got so demoralized and depressed there that when one day some little bollix of a grade one manager start having a go at me for putting ice cream in the fridge too slowly. (he didn't realise that after a while your hands get really painful from the cold). I told him to stick the stuff up his hole and left the place that instant.

Now THAT's how you deal with @ssholes! I would have punched him in the head too (just for good measure).

Karoma

agent smith wrote:

Arent you entitled to be a Member of A Union?

Yes, but union membership/rights won't be noticed/respected. Furthermore, don't be suprised if they find reason to fire you at the first chance. (Back in my day... ALDI did it years back when they were only in Ireland a short while..pfft. They haven't changed. Lidl are no different.)

leeroybrown

I'd concur with the above. Anything I've heard about ALDI or LIDL indicates that they're not the nicest of employers.

Red Alert

Dunnes, Tesco or any of the clothes shops would be a much better laugh. I knew nothing about clothes/sizes etc before i went to work for BT2 one summer, loved it so much i went back 2 more summers. A|Wear, Next, River Island are meant to be good too.