Tesco reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,243 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 34,243 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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34K reviews
2.0
Mar 18, 2014

Thankless

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay, development opportunities available, and some great people. There are some fantastic store managers.

Cons

Management positions continually changed, never know how long your position will last before you have to fear redundancy or reapplication for other positions. Store managers can be unsupportive (rumble, most store managers and senior team seem to be found on phones "daily) instead of getting stuck in). Very long hours and lack of work life bàlance for management. Store managers appear on night shift from time to time, seems like a good idea, a good opportunity for them to understand the opperation and offer support, however its just a good excuse to disappear into an office and sit on a computer, not really interested in understanding or offering support. The most important people to tesco seems to be the Directors, unlimited overtime is available whenever a director is about to visit a store (this ensures that they always leave thinking everything is hunky dory), if only the same level of staffing was available to ensure customers received the same experience !!!! Could be a great place to work if not for the inconsistent management styles, there are old school who think that fear is the best way and those who take people with them and build respectful relationships.

2.0
Mar 12, 2014

Frustrating

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. You are encouraged to and have the opportunity to progress with the company (although the process for this can sometimes be very long and result in doing the job you are aiming to be promoted to for many months wile still being the job level below).

Cons

Very long working days. Regularly not allowed to spend money on overtime for staff which results in management being used to do hours of sitting on a checkout or pushing a trolley around collecting shopping for DotCom customers. This impacts on the running of your own department and you get constant feedback or complaints from customers throughout the day saying that hey can never get what they want because the shelves are empty.

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