Did you break off the plastic tab? Once you’ve done that I find the lid to be pretty manageable. The tab is there to lock the lid during shipping.
Maybe the Grillos people are upholding the ancient tradition of pickle containers being hard to open?
4th wave feminists driven to crisis by a pickle jar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcSrQGKLUpw
I didn’t know there was a plastic tab. That must be the key!