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At least in the UK they are well known to pay well above average in the retail industry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306232 https://www.bbc.co.uk/new

At least in the UK they are well known to pay well above average in the retail industry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306232 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306232

jacquesm 5y ago
That was mostly because they couldn't recruit staff, the free market at work. But when faced with the option to squeeze people and push them beyond human endurance Lidl will do it every time. Employees have killed themselves because of the work pressure there.
- KingOfCoders 5y ago
  I seem to remember one person in France (?) but it could be Renault or some other French company, so I might remember wrongly. Are there others? [Edit] After some googling, yes there was one in France for Lidl, and three for Renault, and three for France Télécom (and more). Is it that other countries do not relate suicides to work (but they exist) or is there something special about France? (never worked for Lidl, or in France and only shop at Lidl if needed, I don't like their products very much)
  - jacquesm 5y ago
    Two confirmed cases, and one case where they encouraged employees to kill themselves (I'm not kidding): https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/lidl-vise-par-une-quinzaine-de-plaintes-de-salaries-dans-le-biterrois-pour-denoncer-le-harcelement-1632395772 https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/lidl-vise-par-une-qu... (in French) "Blackmail, pressure, favouritism, bullying, sequestration in an office, incitement to suicide and intimidation: the accusations made are edifying, the testimonies surprising. The management of another time."
    - KingOfCoders 5y ago
      Thanks! :-(
- tut-urut-utut 5y ago
  > But when faced with the option to squeeze people and push them beyond human endurance Lidl will do it every time. Do you really think Lidl will be able to mistreat the IT stuff, given the current market shortage in Germany?
- locallost 5y ago
  Sounds like the right company to take on Amazon.
nonick 5y ago
Same in Romania, biggest salaries in the industry.

At least in the UK they are well known to pay well above average in the retail industry. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306232 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59306232

jacquesm 5y ago

That was mostly because they couldn't recruit staff, the free market at work. But when faced with the option to squeeze people and push them beyond human endurance Lidl will do it every time. Employees have killed themselves because of the work pressure there.

KingOfCoders 5y ago
I seem to remember one person in France (?) but it could be Renault or some other French company, so I might remember wrongly. Are there others? [Edit] After some googling, yes there was one in France for Lidl, and three for Renault, and three for France Télécom (and more). Is it that other countries do not relate suicides to work (but they exist) or is there something special about France? (never worked for Lidl, or in France and only shop at Lidl if needed, I don't like their products very much)
- jacquesm 5y ago
  Two confirmed cases, and one case where they encouraged employees to kill themselves (I'm not kidding): https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/lidl-vise-par-une-quinzaine-de-plaintes-de-salaries-dans-le-biterrois-pour-denoncer-le-harcelement-1632395772 https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/lidl-vise-par-une-qu... (in French) "Blackmail, pressure, favouritism, bullying, sequestration in an office, incitement to suicide and intimidation: the accusations made are edifying, the testimonies surprising. The management of another time."
  - KingOfCoders 5y ago
    Thanks! :-(
tut-urut-utut 5y ago
> But when faced with the option to squeeze people and push them beyond human endurance Lidl will do it every time. Do you really think Lidl will be able to mistreat the IT stuff, given the current market shortage in Germany?
locallost 5y ago
Sounds like the right company to take on Amazon.

nonick 5y ago

Same in Romania, biggest salaries in the industry.