Tesco reviews

Local, flexible and generally an okay employer. Gave me the start I needed. The hours were good and there was always the possiblility to work overtime when needed. The location was very good for me, meaning I could walk to the store. Staff benefits were good, but only if you stayed long enough to be entitled to them. Overall it was a good job, and the employer was efficient and well organised.

My department is Grocery, which is essentially the biggest department in the store - all food and drink that isn't fresh. On Fridays and Saturdays there is an extra delivery which has to be worked (put on shelves) during the day, it is quite a hefty amount of stock to do when the store is so busy, around 25-35 roll cages full. Along with doing this which keeps you busy, you have plenty of customer queries to deal with and depending on whether you are multi-skilled or not you sometimes have to answer 'first class service' calls (much to your department managers annoyance) which means lending a hand on the checkouts during busy times. Getting 'multi-skilled' on the checkouts when you don't work on the checkout department is usually something you have to orchestrate yourself, I did it because there tends to be plenty of overtime opportunities on the checkouts as opposed to anywhere else, especially around Xmas. You do sometimes get till trained when you first start, it depends whether you work during busy times or not.