Does anyone here work for Lidl?

[Paul Russell]

Don't Future [magazine publisher in Bath for non-Bath-ites] have any decent jobs, like feature writers, features editors, stuff like that?

was happy writing for magazines in office or freelance.

 

[heinous seamus]

I went for an interview at Lidl about 2004, I'm fairly sure the pay was performance related in some way: you COULD earn £7.50 an hour, or it could be £5.50 an hour.

They also made me do an hours work trial, which I didn't get paid for.
I still plan to reclaim £7.50 from them with thievery

 

[wishface]

Don't Future [magazine publisher in Bath for non-Bath-ites] have any decent jobs, like feature writers, features editors, stuff like that?

i'd like to know that as well; it's something i'd like to get into. DOn;t know how though, whenever i've visited their website i couldn't find anything.

 

[cyberfairy]

Don't Future [magazine publisher in Bath for non-Bath-ites] have any decent jobs, like feature writers, features editors, stuff like that?

I am moving from bath to Lancaster... Future publishing often do have jobs advertised but normally for Cross Stitch Monthly or Modified Cars weekly and the like

 

[Paul Russell]

Fair enough.

Cross-Stitch Monthly is a cracking read, BTW.

I am moving from bath to Lancaster... Future publishing often do have jobs advertised but normally for Cross Stitch Monthly or Modified Cars weekly and the like

 

[fractionMan]

One of my ex girlfriends was an art editor on one of those cross-stitch magazines. Future's got several.

 

[clairefrilly]

hi cyberfairy you could try to get work experience or volunteer work in a field more relevant to your degree and career path. this was you can keepyour job and organise to have around 4-5 spare hours to volunteer somewhere. for example if you want to write you could ask a local charity if you could write a piece about their work and send it to a community news letter or something.thats what a friend of mine did for a while and now she works for one of the nationals

 

[weepiper]

I have heard fairly bad things about LIDL as employers - was talking to a sales girl in a clothes shop I'm in pretty regularly who used to work there, they apparently take quite unnecessary interest in their staff's personal lives.

 

[Mummydanz]

I am leaving my current nursery job to move up North. I am on 6.75 an hour which compared to most nurseries is a lot of money, and have been told by people where I am moving to, that despite my qualifications, brilliant references and experience will only ever be on minimum wage in that field of work.
I have an English degree but as yet, seen no jobs suitable in the area I am moving to (Lancaster)
However, been told that Lidl pay over seven quid an hour for shop assistants and the money rises a lot the higher up the scale you go plus there is a pension scheme.
There is a Lidl near Lancaster and I am seriously considering applying for a job with them as despite it not being my vocation, reckon I can earn enough money in a few years to do an MA or at least have have a wonderful out of worktime life.
Anyone else have experience of working for Lidl and is it as good as it sounds?

Yes I do and it's really good the pay is £7.50 hr n it's worth it

 

[heinous seamus]

I went for an interview at Lidl about 2004, I'm fairly sure the pay was performance related in some way: you COULD earn £7.50 an hour, or it could be £5.50 an hour.

They also made me do an hours work trial, which I didn't get paid for.
I still plan to reclaim £7.50 from them with thievery

I had almost forgotten about this injustice. Might pop into Lidl on the way home.

 

[TopCat]

I had almost forgotten about this injustice. Might pop into Lidl on the way home.

 

[lazythursday]

Not really any advice as such, but I spent a few weeks in Lancaster a couple of years ago and I really, really enjoyed it. There are worse places to be skint. It's one of the only places in the country I'd consider moving to.

 

[moose]

Well she's been there 7 years now, so I guess it must be ok

 

[cyberfairy]

Wow, a blast from the past Not working in Lidl but as a Teaching assistant so on prob on similar pay but at least have holidays and err, the fruit the kids won't eat.

 

[Pingu]

Ms fairy, have you looked here?

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.c.n.sa.index

Just found store assistants can get Hourly rate up to £7.80 and
Store Managers up to £35,000pa and Deputies up to £23,000pa

just by looking at their url i can tell you that if you have it skills they are desperately in need of them. /geek