Tesco reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,252 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 34,252 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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1.0
Oct 16, 2017
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Pros

Cheap food available through the colleague shop

Cons

Managers are poorly trained and resort to bullying the delivery drivers. The delivery loads are often very large and you may have to travel from Lewes to Guildford then back to Haywards Heath and still deliver to 20 homes in three or four hours regardless of traffic! Plus Tesco expect you to spend time with the customer to make sure they are happy. If you go sick you will be put on report regardless of your doctor's orders! The report stays on your file. The vehicles are old and dangerous and often break down because they are not serviced, there's no time as they are out everyday. The senior union reps are of little help as they appear to be more concerned with their own nest building than looking after the workers.

1.0
Oct 11, 2017
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Pros

If you’re from the small town of Newtown you will fit in perfectly. Beware if you are a minority as you may be left emotionally scarred.

Cons

From a city in England came to work in Tesco's in Newtown which is a small town in wales. Since working there I’ve heard things that left me in dismay. racist comments about lorry drivers (he can't reverse the lorry because he's polish), Islamophobic (haven’t seen you in ages did you go and join ISIS, did you?) anti-Semitic (look there's the Jew). These are some of the few. Terrible I know. Reported an incident to the manager where a former college was racist towards me. The employee left the company without working his notice. So apparently, it’s out of Tesco’s hand and they can’t do anything about it. So, I was left racially abused but no option but to accept it. (maybe referring it to the police might have helped. A manager (who is very unprofessional) said that They spoke to the employee but not about that (there argument for that was that they can't talk about something that has happened whilst the person who was racist is shopping at Tesco because that’s business and it wouldn't be right if he's coming in as a customer . This was said to me on one of the meetings to discuss the racial abuse allegation.

2.0
Oct 5, 2017
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Pros

Your first initial weeks staring the new position is very welcoming, by management and overall department seniors. Training is relaxed and very helpful, giving you the positive start - needed to be sucessful in your new role.

Cons

Now for the bad part: There seemed to be rather alot of bullying, and foul treatment by other work colleagues'. While I was here for a very short period of time. Within 3 weeks - witnessed verbal abuse inflicted by members onto other colleagues who seemed to get away with their very poor actions. I too was a martyr on several occassions, (even physically poked in the face) and brought it to the attention with seniors then management. In doing so, my concerns were swept under the carpet. For my own safety, and wellbeing; I decided to to get out quick. A Plc with no professional grading, nor protection to individual's.

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