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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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34K reviews
1.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

thinking....still thinking...it's convenient and easy if you're desperate for a job. Also generally speaking the staff are great despite the poor pay and poor working conditions.

Cons

Poorly paid, poorly rewarded for hard work and poorly rewarded when the company performs well due to the hard work of it's lowly employees! From my experience within other industries and businesses if a company performs extremely well due to the great efforts of it's staff then those same staff can often look forward to a bonus of some sort. At Tesco there is no reward for great results. Unless you are a senior executive that is. Of course those billion dollar profits are all due to that merry bunch of executives at head office. It also has a very poor culture towards the health and safety of it's staff. In the warehouse fire doors can often be found blocked, Roll cages stacked with heavy stock will arrive for delivery with only 3 wheels where 4 should be and chiller floors covered with water making for highly dangerous working areas. I could go on. I think this is in danger of turning into a rant and so here I will stop

3.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wide range of jobs available. High degree of job stability & security. Well entrenched concept of Tesco values (to promote fair treatment of staff) Good pension plan, and share bonus scheme

Cons

Career obstacle course rather than career path. Short term cost focussed, does not always correctly evaluate total cost of ownership. Compensentation comes up short compared to other businesses nearby in London Admin tasks (travel, expenses etc) are over-bureaucratic Sometimes lip service payed to Tesco values Lack of basic resources (meeting rooms, projectors etc) makes work more difficult than it should be Difficult to find the right person to take responsability for issues

2.0
Jun 11, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is a reasonable amount of staff/staff interaction and generally you never feel dreadful for having to go into work. Discounts and freebies are also enjoyed.

Cons

Tesco has a model that works no lying in that, sadly the model requires store management to be mushrooms, aka they are kept in the dark and manure is dumped on them.

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