Tesco reviews

3.8

70% would recommend to a friend

(34,176 total reviews)
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Ken Murphy

66% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Tesco has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 34,176 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Tesco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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34K reviews
4.0
Aug 22, 2008
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Pros

Local, flexible and generally an okay employer. Gave me the start I needed. The hours were good and there was always the possiblility to work overtime when needed. The location was very good for me, meaning I could walk to the store. Staff benefits were good, but only if you stayed long enough to be entitled to them. Overall it was a good job, and the employer was efficient and well organised.

Cons

It's a big company and you can feel you are just one of the many and the uniform is not the most fashionable, but it saves your own clothes.

4.0
Jul 11, 2008
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Pros

My department is Grocery, which is essentially the biggest department in the store - all food and drink that isn't fresh. On Fridays and Saturdays there is an extra delivery which has to be worked (put on shelves) during the day, it is quite a hefty amount of stock to do when the store is so busy, around 25-35 roll cages full. Along with doing this which keeps you busy, you have plenty of customer queries to deal with and depending on whether you are multi-skilled or not you sometimes have to answer 'first class service' calls (much to your department managers annoyance) which means lending a hand on the checkouts during busy times. Getting 'multi-skilled' on the checkouts when you don't work on the checkout department is usually something you have to orchestrate yourself, I did it because there tends to be plenty of overtime opportunities on the checkouts as opposed to anywhere else, especially around Xmas. You do sometimes get till trained when you first start, it depends whether you work during busy times or not.

Cons

Any new vacancies in store are always advertised internally before employing new starters, and they have an internal course called 'Options' which trains you for a managers role, all the managers and team leaders at Tesco tend to have worked their way up, so if you are interested in a job at Tesco you are unlikely to be able to get straight into a managers role. This is good because it keeps current staff motivated to work hard, and to be honest if you want to work at Tesco and plan on settling there for a substantial period of time you need to be aiming for promotions. Kissing ass really helps your cause.

2.0
Jun 29, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Training courses, work and life balance. A good place to work for people with families and children. Tesco is a great place to work - whether you're planning the layouts of our aisles, sourcing products in Thailand or improving our supply chain in Turkey. We have become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and staff. We believe in treating each other with respect, giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on.

Cons

It takes forever to get promoted.

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