Does Tesco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tesco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tesco. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tesco?

69% of Tesco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tesco 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tesco?

Customer Assistant (7134) , Customer Service (1577) , Sales Assistant (1348) , Cashier (803) , Sales Associate (682) , Customer Service Representative (656) , Personal Shopper (616) , Shop Assistant (596) , Customer Service Assistant (528) , Shift Leader (469) , Retail Assistant (462) , Manager (377) , General Assistant (369) , Store Assistant (368) , Store Colleague (338)

What are the pros of working at Tesco according to real employee reviews?

"the hourly pay at tesco is good and the way the look after colleges is great" ((in 3724 reviews)); "Don't have to take your work home with you and the people can be nice" ((in 1607 reviews)); "The staff for the most part are friendly and it is nice working with like" ((in 1446 reviews)); "Most fellow colleagues are friendly and sociable" ((in 1423 reviews)); "Benefits are good and so is discount" ((in 924 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tesco according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management can lead to unmotivated workers which impact store performance and puts more pressure on more productive workers." ((in 2054 reviews)); "long hours and extremely buys periods running up to Christmas" ((in 1666 reviews)); "It is possible for a rude and aggressive colleague to become a manager just based on experience." ((in 1349 reviews)); "All breaks are unpaid (on a 9 hour shift you have to take 1.5h of unpaid breaks!)." ((in 244 reviews)); "Late Working Hours and late shift" ((in 244 reviews))

What are employees saying about Tesco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Tesco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Tesco in 2026.

Tesco reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,240 total reviews)

Ken Murphy

66% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

Tesco has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 34,240 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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Reviews by job title

34K reviews

3.0

Jul 27, 2013

Good experience working with Tesco

It architect

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

proves a good opportunity to work on choice of technology or projects which are ongoing, provides opportunity to try out new things, good work life balance, good exposure to large enterprise

Cons

technical capability of the teams are poor and there is no striving effort to improve it. work driven by immediate business feature delivery which struggles to deliver long term goals.

3.0

Jul 23, 2013

Great Flexibility for part time workers

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Offer great flexibility to part time employees with variable long term and short term goals

Cons

Poor wage to keep employees motivated and enthused hence high turn around of part time staff

3.0

Jul 22, 2013

It has its ups and downs

General assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sometimes you get phases where you've just got some really good people working beside you. There was a really good social environment and despite leaving the company around 5 years ago I still have some very good friends from my Tesco days. Staff discount!!! reduced stuff! You can hide promotional goods and keep them for yourself (such as grommit mugs)... not that I would condone such behavious of course

Cons

Management isn't always great. I've had some great managers whilst working there some of which are still up there in my top 5 managers.... but then you do get some numpties that just haven't got a clue what they're doing, or what you do, or what the team does day in day out. Full time positions are scarce Overtime offered tended to be last minute... Even when it was predictable (covering long term sicknesses and the bereaved etc). This made it difficult to plan your free time. They got rid of the pool table.

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