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General Assistant/Stock Control (Current Employee) – Tullow, County Carlow – 19 June 2018
Work was good and fun but i had no work/life balance as i worked all evenings. Good atmosphere and staff, long day doing potential reductions and DSS and Gap Scan
Pros
Privilege Card
Cons
All Lates
Good company, local managers need more training
Fresh Foods Team Leader (Current Employee) – IE – 15 June 2018
Tesco is a good company to work for, good benefits and in theory good opportunities to advance. Managers in my store don’t seem interested in doing so. If my store was ran better it would be an excellent place to work
Pros
Excellent benefits
Cons
No interest shown by managers at a local level
Soul Sucking
Shop Floor Assistant (Former Employee) – Drogheda, County Louth – 12 June 2018
If you just want to get paid, it's great. Any shred of humanity may be ripped from your soul by the management. The benefits are great and pay is reasonable.
Pros
Staff
Cons
Managers looking to move up in the company(This means most of them)
Run a mile in the other direction!!
Sales Assistant/Cashier full time (Former Employee) – Cork and Dublin – 11 June 2018
Worst mistake i made was working with them. I worked in 3 different tescos in different counties because i wanted to relocate and all the exact same! . Worked with them a total 2 years and couldnt work for them anymore. Bad hours, bad management, bad work ethic and favoritism to family members. All have their clicks and if youre not apart of it they'll treat you like terribly. Over look you for positions for the lick a*ses. Stay well clear! Only bonus if you could call it that is after a year you get a card for 10% off your groceries but that has a limit as well of course.not worth it!
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Everything!
Unsociable hours
Customer Assistant (Current Employee) – Dublin – 31 May 2018
Hours are unsociable and ridiculous , Management never acts on any of the surveys given out, culture is negative and draining nobody wants to be there, high turnover, as soon as something else is available people are gone wages are decent for retail which is the only redeeming factor.
Great place to work
Compliance Manager (Current Employee) – Ireland – 6 May 2018
Love working for Tesco, however there is no incentive to move on in the company as management pay is sometimes lower than customer assistants/ team leaders. For a line manager to move on to senior team is pretty much the same also.
Pros
enjoyable work
Cons
long hours
A challenging job in a competitive sector
Night Manager (Current Employee) – Dublin – 2 May 2018
A challenging role within a sector which is continually looking to cut costs in order to maintain profitability. The constant challenge of delivering the shop consistently regardless of issues that arise during the course of a shift or the volume of work involved. The deployment of ever more limited resources to achieve this and the constant prioritizing of the workload results in a job that is never dull.
Cultivating a customer loyalty through engagement and solid customer service is another important though often overlooked part of my role. I enjoy the interaction with customers is one of the more enjoyable aspects of my role, though the need to deal with the occasional issue or complaint does arise. it rarely detracts from the pleasure gained from establishing and maintaining a good relationship with customers.
The hardest part of my job is definitely the long hours coupled with the long commute. The fact that the role involves a large degree of physical work in addition to the managerial and supervisory functions performed results in a job that is both physically and mentally tiring.
Cultivating a customer loyalty through engagement and solid customer service is another important though often overlooked part of my role. I enjoy the interaction with customers is one of the more enjoyable aspects of my role, though the need to deal with the occasional issue or complaint does arise. it rarely detracts from the pleasure gained from establishing and maintaining a good relationship with customers.
The hardest part of my job is definitely the long hours coupled with the long commute. The fact that the role involves a large degree of physical work in addition to the managerial and supervisory functions performed results in a job that is both physically and mentally tiring.
long term opportunity
Manager (Former Employee) – Cork – 1 May 2018
I worked in Tesco for 13 years, I started as RSO, one year later got a position as manager. Mangers job is quite challenging, as a manager you have to deal with a lot of different situations and people, staff, customers, stock, waste. The money is fair for the job you do, but sometimes you would agree to get less, but to have more bodies to work for you, so you could focus more on customer service and managing people, at the moment is that as a manager you have to work together with your staff and serve customers and do the other managers stuff, but you don't really have time for that. So if you like challenges and looking for opportunity to climb the ladder and make your career, so Tesco is the right place for you.
Pros
10 percent discount after one years service, pension plans, sick pays
Cons
long hrs, workload can be way too big
Reliable job
Customer Assistant (Current Employee) – Wicklow Town, County Wicklow – 27 April 2018
Working with Tesco is very reliable income. It helped me greatly throughout my time in university.
Work/life balance is an area it has let me down in regards to hours being flexible all the time.
Work/life balance is an area it has let me down in regards to hours being flexible all the time.
Pros
Good rate of pay
Cons
Flexibility required
Fun workplace
Work Experience (Former Employee) – Arklow, County Wicklow – 23 April 2018
Well run company known worldwide. Tesco is a friendly company that likes to take on a verify of people with all abilities. Tesco is a great place to me new people every day.
Pros
Meet people every day
Highs and Lows.
Deli & Butchers Assistant (Former Employee) – Lucan, County Dublin – 13 April 2018
Friendly customers, straight forward job assignments however management can be unfriendly and very hard to communicate with at times and a dismal ambience can be felt here making the working day tedious.
Pros
Sociable hours.
Cons
Dismal ambience.
Challenging and Flexible
GA/Team Leader (Current Employee) – Dublin – 10 April 2018
Working for Tesco the better part of 10 years now.
working there i have met many great people and although management at times can be hard to deal with for the most part of it i have seen eye to eye with them.
any time i needed off was never an issue and wages was decent.
there are many options to advance in this company if thats what you would like.
working there i have met many great people and although management at times can be hard to deal with for the most part of it i have seen eye to eye with them.
any time i needed off was never an issue and wages was decent.
there are many options to advance in this company if thats what you would like.
Pros
wages
Cons
very short staffed lately
good
delivery driver (Current Employee) – Clonmel, County Tipperary – 29 March 2018
good job good pay meet alot of friends the omly bad thing i can say id job progretion is bad and management only foucus on one thing and thats money once there making money they dont care about the quality of the work
Pros
good pay
Cons
no career opportunity
Dotcom picket
Sales Assistant (Part-time) dot com (Former Employee) – Maynooth, County Kildare – 14 March 2018
Co workers are great, but managers are a nightmare, if you can't stay back after your shift you are bullied, and intimated told you will be moved to a different department, if you can't do the job, no social life at all as you work every wknd with either 5 or 6 in the morning starts, work load is to much , and back breaking very low moral in this store
Wages are not great and only get staff discount after a year of a whole 10%, you have to be fully flexible with Tesco but zero flexibility from them or maybe it was just my store
Wages are not great and only get staff discount after a year of a whole 10%, you have to be fully flexible with Tesco but zero flexibility from them or maybe it was just my store
Pros
Co workers dotcom team members
Cons
Managerment
good place for young people
Full Time - Contract (Former Employee) – Dublin – 13 March 2018
If you are great in IT stuff and you like all about it, this is a great work place for you. You could enjoy your day at work working on reports, etc. c
Pros
Flexi hours
Cons
no perm contracts
Good people work here
Canteen Assistant (Former Employee) – Balbriggan, County Dublin – 7 March 2018
Worked for Tesco for 15 years and was very happy in it, got on great with the customers and the staff were brilliant, the manager was a little pet he was always there to listen to you.
Pros
Discount card of 10% when you are a year with the company
Cons
Having to work weekends
Wouldnt recommend many here with those managers on board
Warehouse Operative (Current Employee) – Ballymun, County Dublin – 2 March 2018
Managers do nothing only some do work .
Obsessed with performance even though work getting done
Get no sort of help of the managers just pass you on , they dont care about you and speak to u like children.
Colleagues are good to work with other than that not a nice place to work
Obsessed with performance even though work getting done
Get no sort of help of the managers just pass you on , they dont care about you and speak to u like children.
Colleagues are good to work with other than that not a nice place to work
Pros
Colleagues
Cons
Managers show no respect, in every sunday
Nice place to work
Retail security officer (Former Employee) – Mitchelstown, County Cork – 27 February 2018
Good career oportunities, but long hours and requires flexibility. Hard to work around if you have a family. Good workplace culture, nice people, approachable managers.
Pros
Career oportunities
Cons
Long hours
Productive workplace
Customer Assistant (Current Employee) – Limerick – 26 February 2018
A typical day at work here would basically just be packing a delivery and then towards the end of the night facing off the shop. Other things that may have to be done during the shift is filling the trolley bay and taking care of loose stock
Pros
Wage
Cons
Anti Social Hours