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 (7129) , Customer Service (1576) , Sales Assistant (1347) , Cashier (800) , Sales Associate (681) , Customer Service Representative (653) , Personal Shopper (614) , Shop Assistant (594) , Customer Service Assistant (528) , Shift Leader (469) , Retail Assistant (461) , Manager (377) , General Assistant (369) , Store Assistant (366) , Store Colleague (334)

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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.

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3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,184 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 34,184 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

3.0

Sep 5, 2012

Training mgr

Anonymous employee

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Pros

Company Values are excellent and managers from UK are very nice

Cons

Business performance was very bad in China

1.0

Sep 5, 2012

the worst job I've ever had

Customer assistant checkouts

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I can't think of any apart from I suppose they do pay albeit not very well when you take into consideration that breaks are unpaid. Oh and the uniform washes well.

Cons

Poor management. Disciplinaries given for stupid reasons. No communication between management and staff. Unpaid breaks. Staff concerns disregarded.

1.0

Sep 5, 2012

not treating staff with respect and taking them for granted using them to do the jobs for more than one person

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

there are none I wouldn't say there are any

Cons

you get treated like dirt

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