Tesco reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,247 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 34,247 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
Jul 17, 2014

Terrible - Don't work for these guys

Anonymous employee
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Pros

pay is very good, you get an annual increase every year

Cons

unprofessional - its all about the conversion and "bums on seats" as sight tests are free

1.0
Jun 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is better than other supermarkets.

Cons

Poor management. Bad planning and little to no communication. No encouragement or praise to lower staff members, you are treated as disposable dirt. Lying to customers to avoid hassle. Passing the blame. New staff members are left on their own, as other staff are 'too busy' to train them.

3.0
Jun 4, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay, good benefits, nice work culture. Always something different going on

Cons

The "Options" system is woeful. It's designed for the stores but they try and use it in the Head office. It just seems like if they've got a job for you they shove you on it and hope you pass. If they don't want to promote you, they shove you on Options to stop you moaning. Every year there's an intake of about 50-100 graduates fresh out of Uni and they end up getting all the promotions within 6-12 months of joining the company. Absolutely insulting to those who have been working there for 5-6 years and are constantly taken for granted and overlooked. We end up leaving and going to work for the competition. (which is what I did). IT is basically a joke, you can't get software, hardware is what you're given and nothing else. Systems are a mess and locked down far too much in some places, but wide open in others to the point where things always break. Trying to use 1980s Mainframes, 1990s store systems and early 2000's back end systems all at the same time, no coherent vision for IT.

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