Tesco reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,183 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 34,183 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
2.0
Jun 29, 2008
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Pros

Training courses, work and life balance. A good place to work for people with families and children. Tesco is a great place to work - whether you're planning the layouts of our aisles, sourcing products in Thailand or improving our supply chain in Turkey. We have become a market leader by doing the little things that really matter for our customers and staff. We believe in treating each other with respect, giving everyone an equal opportunity to get on.

Cons

It takes forever to get promoted.

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
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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

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