Tesco Employee Reviews
Review this companyJob Title
All
Location
Ireland549 reviews
Sort by
Found 549 reviews matching the searchSee all 17,060 reviews
Staff are very friendly.
Shop assistant November to December (Former Employee) - Dundalk, County Louth - 15 July 2021
Indeed featured review
The most useful review selected by IndeedVery friendly staff in Tesco. The manager don't really have a clue. The craic is great in the shop with the staff. It's great to meet new faces very day.
Pros
Staff are friendly
Cons
Wages are not great for the work you do.
Was this review helpful?
Store manager is completely dismissive thinks he knows it all .
Manager (Current Employee) - Tesco - 18 July 2021
Ten years later and still stuck in a position which should be given as an opportunity to the next person. Crazy politics in this company its not how good you are at your job its who you know.
Cons
No progression
Was this review helpful?
Where do I even begin...
Customer Assistant (Former Employee) - Ireland - 12 July 2021
Company is obsessed with the budget and staying within the budget despite making more money than ever previously before. This results in staff working their lowest contracted hours and usually most staff are scheduled to work weekends when its the busiest. However despite this, there is never enough staff on to accommodate such an influx of customers. They make do with the smallest amount of staff possible whilst complaining that nothing is being done and adding more pressure onto colleagues. Often I found myself trying to be in 3 places at once when that was simply not possible. Very unwilling to hire new staff despite there being a dire need for it. Management claim to be very accommodating to their staff whilst also being very two faced and clearly favouring certain colleagues. Sometimes a huge deal is made off of a day off request form even of given weeks in advance because "the rosters are already done". The hours - I cannot stress this enough: when working here, you will feel like you never leave the place. Whether you are given constant middle shifts or a late followed by an early, after a while you just feel like you live in there. I often found most of my rosters to be near identical from week to week because management were unwilling to train more staff on different areas of the shop, instead just relying on the same people the whole time to do that one job. You basically start to feel like a hamster stuck in a cage and running on that hamster wheel almost everyday. Very little variety in the work expected to be done by colleagues. Also if you showed that you are -
Pros
Work Colleagues
Cons
Poor Management, Lack of Communication between Colleagues, Very Poor Work/Personal Life Balance, Rostered Hours - Awful and Often Repetitive, Toxic Work Environment etc etc etc
Was this review helpful?
They think you have no life outside working for them.
Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - Port Laoise, County Laois - 3 July 2021
Boring. Management treat people poorly. Short notice change of shift arrangements happens often. And do not dare tell them you have a life outside of work and cannot just drop everything when they phone looking for you to come in.
Pros
None
Cons
You get treated like they own you
Was this review helpful?
productive
Sales Assistant (Former Employee) - County Wexford - 4 June 2021
it was ok place to work. i worked during Christmas time so it was extremely busy and draining. the managers are nice. will work again. pay is very good.
Pros
good pay
Cons
long hours
Was this review helpful?
Overall good place to work but no full-time contracts
Customer Delivery Driver (Current Employee) - Dublin - 2 June 2021
Pros: No stress, enough time to perform all duties, canteen, 10% discount card for shopping in Tesco, new vans, well distributed workload, good quality uniforms, easy-going line manager, bonus for work on Sunday and PHCons:Roster for next week posted less than week in advance (which is against contract), Sunday shifts are not fairly distributed between employees, 4 hours late shifts, no full-time contracts
Was this review helpful?
Great place to work
Till person (Former Employee) - Drogheda, County Louth - 26 April 2021
From management to staff everyone very respectful. One of the nicest places I have worked. Training is quick but always someone there to help. Staff/management always helpful.
Pros
Great staff. Regular hours.
Cons
Shift hours usually 4/5 hours and 8/9 hours.
Was this review helpful?
Really depends on you
Customer Assistant (Former Employee) - Dublin - 20 April 2021
Management is poor most of them don’t really care go on their phones all day until the main store manager shows his face, some managers are better then others of course. Days off are cruel you’ll be lucky to get two days off in a row so you’ll have this constant tiredness. Shifts are also all over the place you will be in at 6am one day and the next 4pm. Not loads of overtime but when your there a while you won’t want it, a big thing people like to say in there is “tax man will take it”. A lot of favouritism to the loyal Tesco workers or the managers work mates you kind of feel like your in secondary school part 2. Co workers are usually the best thing most people who end up working in Tesco are genuinely nice a lot of good banter to get you through the day. Pay is good enough you get extra on certain times and days, goes up each year and it’s always in the bank on timeish which is what you want. Over all if your looking for part time work I recommend short 5 hour shifts in and out but full time good luck to seeing your family and friends. Ps that best place to work thing on there badges is a survey you fill out in work in the managers office let that sink in goodnight n godbless
Pros
10 percent discount after 6 months, co workers
Cons
2 many 2 count
Was this review helpful?
Over worked/ underpaid
Customer Assistant (Former Employee) - Tipperary - 19 April 2021
Working hours are terrible, especially if you have young kids.. 10 hour shifts could work 8 days in a row. Felt like I was never home.. constantly looking for something to critique. Too many supervisors not enough staff. To many cliques for my liking. Management don't care as long as work gets done or unless you ring in sick. But some of the staff I worked with I made friends for life and it's fast paced so the day goes quick and always something to do your never not busy
Pros
Staff discount card when doing big shops
Cons
Long hours, low pay
Was this review helpful?
Not recommend.
Driver (Former Employee) - Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, County Dublin - 14 April 2021
Too many managers. And few of them fits to work in a boot camp. God forbid if you finish 10-15 minutes earlier or spent extra few minutes in canteen.
Pros
Fellow workers.
Cons
Management.
Was this review helpful?
Jobs at Tesco
Well paid, hard work
Fresh Manager (Former Employee) - Ireland - 7 April 2021
Above average salary. Good career advancement prospects. Fun place to work. Managers can be awful and it can be stressful. If you become a manager your pay is excellent but you will be expected to earn it.Perfect training ground for any career in retail. It's very important to keep a positive attitude or you get dragged into the moaning crowd.
Pros
Good pay, excellent training, can be fun
Cons
Long hours, some managers become tyrants, very profit focussedy
Was this review helpful?
Good place to work. Helpful, friendly colleagues.
Customer Assistant (Former Employee) - Limerick, Arthur's Quay - 6 April 2021
The experience of working at Tesco for about three weeks over the Christmas/New Year period was very enjoyable. It was my first opportunity to work in retail and I found the chance to deal with customers, operate the checkout and benefit from my colleague's know how to be invaluable. Each day provided different tests and I hope I was able to carry out my duties in the correct manner, I did not receive any feedback. For the future, I hope I may have another chance to work at Tesco.
Pros
Free snacks, regular breaks
Cons
Frustration while learning operations
Was this review helpful?
Nice place to work, fun colleagues, the young line managers and store managers are the BEST to work with. Great for locals.
Customer Service Assistant (Current Employee) - Leinster Louth - 27 March 2021
Great for family person, great colleagues to work with, get free breakfast, 10% discount on purchases in any TESCO store in Ireland, opportunity to buy share in the company if you are interested, in difficult times they work with you, it's not one of those companies that add more stress to already bad situation....they listen and support practically. For starters is good, for locals recommended, for long haul it's ok as well.
Pros
Free breakfast cereal, toast and coffee, 10% discount
Cons
Pay not the best in the sector and considering cost of living. .they can do a lot better.
Was this review helpful?
Student job/ no progression
Everything (Former Employee) - Limerick - 12 January 2021
After spending over a decade, I could clearly say that is the worst decision ever made. In the beginning it was all bells and whistles but once you get into it deeper, you see how blood sucking Tesco machinery is. The only people who would get promoted are those that lick a hole without showing any real potential. Also, they are the sneakiest people in the shop, one bad word about the shop and it ends up in store manager ears.Guys you work with could be good and decent and could come to some sort of agreement.Management is terrible, looking only for what is good for them. Have no idea of how to work with good people. Instead promoting ones with no interest IQ less than a size a of a pea. Tesco needs sheeps so if you are one of them, feel free to join.
Pros
Cant get fired, no matter what you do, pays the bills, student job
Cons
Bad pay, working like a horse for others, bad management, no flexibility from them, not "family" oriented business, No progression
Was this review helpful?
enjoyable and productive.
Customer Delivery Driver (Former Employee) - Ballincollig - 10 January 2021
I temporarily worked as a Tesco customer delivery driver due to be currently out of work in the entertainment sector due to covid restrictions. the customer delivery driver contract is offered as a part-time 30-hour contract with a competitive salary. You work 3, 11-hour shifts per week over days that vary and can drive from anything up to 230 kilometres per day delivering to on average 16 - 25 houses per day and from my experience, however, this can vary per store. . As part of the job you are trusted with an impressive fleet of vans that are very safe to drive, you will, however, drive treacherous country backroads to get to customers houses which can be quite dangerous and stressful. To navigate these you would have to be quite an experienced driver or be familiar with driving these roads as I can imagine people from cities would be very uncomfortable driving them. the contract of 30 hours is unusual as I think it is both unsuitable for people looking to work part-time while in college as it's a lot of hours or for someone looking to work full time it's not really enough hours. I would encourage Tesco to review this as I feel it would turn a lot of people off from applying for the role. All in all, Tesco is a great company to work for and the management are spot on as long as you do your job correctly :) Another little bonus is that you can meet some very nice and interesting people when delivering to customers houses.
Pros
freedom scenic
Cons
not enough hours dangerous roads long days
Was this review helpful?
Community driven
Deli counter assistant (Former Employee) - Douglas, County Cork - 9 January 2021
Worked at tesco for 16years, I loved first 13years,great team & management,then things started to get ugly with the management wanting changes to change contracts which led to animosity within our community of workers.It was great place,where you met your regular customers and I felt pride in my workplace.
Pros
Every day different
Cons
Management Never satisfied so can be stressful
Was this review helpful?
Kip
Customer Assistant (Current Employee) - Portloaise - 8 January 2021
Don't bother they expect way to much and then working 2-10 is not a healthy lifestyle.. management are absolutely clueless
Pros
Zero
Cons
Management are Clueless
Was this review helpful?
Stressful at times but can have fun with coworkers
Customer Assistant (Current Employee) - Celbridge, County Kildare - 27 December 2020
I was not till trained just thrown on but i got the hang of it easily, atmosphere between coworkers is generally good although i have had a frew scheduling errors due to management
Pros
good breaks, great pay, generally nice atmosphere between coworkers
Cons
Not overly understanding of my scedule, constatnly ask me to work overtime, as well as getting calls asking why im not in when im not sceduled to be
Was this review helpful?
Money is only motive
Staff plus team leader (Former Employee) - Celbridge, County Kildare - 19 December 2020
Good wages, not good management, most managers are uneducated. No consideration to family life. I would never recommend unless u r dying for money. Get off this place when u feel u ok money wise n find another job.
Pros
Good money
Cons
Rubbish management, most r uneducated n no brains
Was this review helpful?
As long as your colleagues are in its great.
General Assistant (Former Employee) - Dublin - 8 December 2020
The management from store to store differs.I was part of a city centre express store and i had so much fun with my colleagues whilst doing my dutys, which mainly for me consisted of till work, handling lifts and doing the stock expiration checks and removals.Some of the customers i built a friendship with as i enjoyed their company. However the progression up the ladder per se isnt based on your longevity or the effort you put in, more on whether youve a relationship with the store manager and if you sacrifice your social life to be there 7 days a week.Other than that id recommend tesco as its a challenging yet rewarding job.
Pros
Double discount, Staff, Wages
Cons
Long hours, no career, only 3 different shifts.
Was this review helpful?
Great friends and nice customers
Sales Assistant (Current Employee) - Ballincollig, County Cork - 25 November 2020
I'm wotrking 10 minutes from home it's so handy. If you work hard they look after you and the management are mostly very nice. I enjoy working there. We get different benefits during the year and the union help that.
Pros
Free tea coffee cereals and milk
Cons
Late openings and working weekends
Was this review helpful?
Want to know more about working here?
Ask a question about working or interviewing at Tesco. Our community is ready to answer.Ask a QuestionOverall rating
3.6
5
4.7K
4
5.7K
3
4K
2
1.3K
1
1.4K
Ratings by category
3.5Work/Life Balance
3.6Salary/Benefits
3.4Job security/advancement
3.2Management
3.4Culture
Questions about Tesco
- Why did you leave your job at Tesco?15 people answered
- What should you wear to an interview at Tesco?10 people answered
- What are the working hours?9 people answered
- How are the working hours at Tesco?5 people answered
- Does Tesco offer seasonal part time contracts?5 people answered
- What is the pay like in Tesco and the bands of pay for longer service?5 people answered
- What would you suggest Tesco management do to prevent others from leaving?5 people answered
- What is the interview process like at Tesco?5 people answered
- What is the most stressful part about working at Tesco?4 people answered
- How many hours do you work as a part time staff?4 people answered