Tesco Reviews

Pros

It gives you money for easy work and this is a very good thing.
They do give you time off and flexible working arrangements if you ask for them,

Cons

Your career progresses slowly unless you really demand to be progressed.
They don't give you preferential acess to graduate programs even after years of service.

Advice to Senior Management

Value your lower level staff more, pay attention to prices and customer needs, don't let lower level staff take the flak for management incompetence.

Pros

Despite being the UK's largest private employer, I felt like a valued employee. I felt as if common sense prevailed - which is an unusual thing in a lot of companies. If you wanted time off then you could apply (it was often granted) and if not, they were more than happy for you to swap a shift for a colleague who needed some extra hours. Other benefits included: Christmas bonus, nice staff areas with discount food, always paid promptly and often completed feedback forms.

Cons

I never got a uniform and I worked there for over a year.
It's one hell of a boring job.

Advice to Senior Management

I like the fact that you were sensible in time off/personal commitments etc. However, a little more trust in employees would be nice; I don't need to searched after EVERY shift..

Pros

Good rate of pay for retail sector.
Opportunities to progress from within.
Good pension scheme.
Profitable company.
UK's most successful retailer.

Cons

Free shares lost if you leave within following 12 months!!
Pressure on managers to "keep working".
Insufficient staff.
Every task measured in minute detail in a "one size fits all" style.
Unfair distribution of workload.
"One team" ethos is cheap talk.

Advice to Senior Management

External/Senior Managers must speak to a selection of management team and staff, within individual stores, to guage their views on a "confidential" basis. You have some great staff but you also have some self-interested individuals who wield too much power. They are basically allowed to engage themselves on their own ego trip!

Pros

People get things done here and the head office is a well aligned working culture meaning people fit their jobs well. There is a real energy in the place and people are respectful towards each other. Working for the biggest supermarket is just very interesting.

Cons

You've got to work hard - but it is rewarding

Pros

great salary compared to other companies for same years of job experience
professional growth is greatly enhanced in here at the tesco

Cons

long & tired working hours but it isa all necessary for the amount they pay is according to talent and hardwork done by that person . so working long hours is justified

Advice to Senior Management

hey there you all management staffs are doing great job in hunting for the best talent in india. your selection procedure is rigorous and filters out only the most talented and determined and hard-working professionals. keep up the good job. you all are running the company in a great way

Pros

Comparatively good pay
Possible to get some overtime
Some Team Leaders friendly and helpful
Career development open as a possibility

Cons

Unthinkably, mindnumbingly boring
Tills and other equipment ancient, slow, and unreliable
Some Team Leaders distinctly unhelpful
"Subsidised" canteen not particularly cheap and pretty awful food (essentially just cooked breakfasts)
Staff morale pretty low
Management friendly but frequently disorganised and unclear
Flexi-working in other parts of the store encouraged, but with inadequate training

Advice to Senior Management

Try to vary staff's roles a little beyond scanning and asking for Clubcards. Update computer systems beyond Windows 95, and replace equipment when it gets old, just to make the place feel valued and not run-down.

Pros

secure, good pay, flexible hours

Cons

hard work, boring, stressful, long hours

Advice to Senior Management

praise your staff

Pros

Variety of roles available
Pay good
Benefits good e.g pensions, lifestyle breaks, staff shares
There is an opportunity to get on if you want to
Nice that they encourage you to think on your feet/ creatively

Cons

Absolutely no work life balance if you are s Senior manager and want to progress - you are put under pressure to work long hours
The way they manage your performance is very inconsistent

Advice to Senior Management

n/a

Pros

- work life balance
- pension (if you stay long term)

Cons

- long term financial incentives, very little short term incentives
- career progression is a dark art, WL2 heavy
- no support for external qualifications, all training is in-house
- everything feels like it is done 'on the cheap'

Advice to Senior Management

- reward WL2s more and provide them with more career development opportunities

Pros

If you're prepared to work hard, you really will meet all your own professional targets (no matter how unrealistic you fear they may be)!!

Cons

You do work very hard. Recognition is not always given - everyone who works for Tesco is naturally a high achiever!!

Advice to Senior Management

I would like to see more collaboration across the group - there are some great people working here who's path I'll never cross - sometimes the company feels too big, too anonomous..