Tesco Line Manager within Stores
Pros
The are a lot of pros to working in Tesco. The pay is very competitive for the industry that you are in line managers can expect to start from £23,000 upwards with majority earning between £26,000 and £30,000. There are good career prospects within Tesco in terms of establishing your career there is an avenue for everyone. Working in the stores does give you the business acumen that you need to run any business. Great benefits swell in terms of 10% discount card, pension scheme and flexible working.
Cons
Lack of staff within the stores means that as a manager you are constantly doing a customer assistant role and never really leading and managing your team. When promotions happen is is all about who you know and too many people get appointed into roles due to someone they know rather than there actual skill set. There is no work life balance when working in Tesco stores in terms of management every member of management is always in on a Saturday and working excessive hours for royal visits or to cover staff shortages is very common.