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  • Best thing

    Weve got a small team, its fun with familiar faces. everyone communicates about everything

    Worst thing

    people or management bring such kind of rules or ideas which are not at all good for the teams overall wellbeing

    6.8

    Employee at Tesco, June 2026

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  • Best thing

    The people

    Worst thing

    To much workload with little staff and no security

    3.6

    Employee at Tesco, May 2026

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  • Best thing

    It’s very good with the things you have to do like the tills and restocking things or keeping down things like tags.

    Worst thing

    The worst things is probably the amount of social aspect retail is but that’s really me not in the correct job for me. And working in retail in general you get very rude people almost every other day.

    8.8

    Colleague at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Finishing a shift and going home!

    Worst thing

    Poor management, getting written up if your sick for 3 days in a row, never getting to see your contract, last minute changes to your shift pattern and not being allowed to say no, being told overtime in mandatory and also all overtime is just minimum wage instead of increased pay, managers have no respect for employees going as far as to talk badly about them behind their backs, expected to do impossible tasks while the managers sit in the kitchen and drink tea all day!

    2.0

    Tesco colleague at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Great staff
    Amazing customers
    Great discounts and benefits

    Worst thing

    Not enough hours
    Working overtime for free when the cafe is closed to clean for the next day as we are rotad to finish at 5 but customers can leader food&drink until 5

    8.8

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    The team and helping customers

    Worst thing

    Shoplifters and rude customers.
    Lazy employees break rules and get away with it

    6.4

    Customer advisor at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Some staff are great to work with

    Worst thing

    Very any help when you need it

    3.3

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Not far from where i live

    Worst thing

    Not enought staff

    3.4

    Customer assistant at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Fellow workers & discount.

    Worst thing

    Place is mess, management reluctant to use people to keep it clean and safe. Only cleaned properly etc if they have been tipped off that higher management will be visiting.

    The amount of food waste is depressing as easily avoidable.

    Favouritism for career progression.

    Rates are hard to achieve if you need to use toilet, get water.

    Short breaks which become shorter because of distance to canteen.

    5.9

    Warehouse operative at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Friendly atmosphere, decent wages and support if needed.

    Worst thing

    Holidays are hard to get as they get booked quickly and adherence for attendance is a bit strict.

    9.8

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Near where I live.
    Can change shifts if need be.

    Worst thing

    Constantly on the go.
    Sent to different departments when ours doesn't get support.
    Job can be stressful and too much workload some days.
    Managers on your back to work quicker.

    3.0

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    I’m my own boss

    Worst thing

    The physical and mental draining

    5.5

    Sales assistant at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    the people and that its near by

    Worst thing

    micro managing boss. overwhelming amount of work sometimes

    7.1

    Assistant at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Working as a team

    Worst thing

    Lack of hours, too profit driven

    2.6

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Best part is driving out the gate to do the deliveries

    Worst thing

    Arriving at work vans not loaded, fuelled up, inside vehicles left disgusting, management didn’t listen to concerns

    1.8

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Discount
    Some managers are really nice, others it gets to their head and fan be really patronising.

    Worst thing

    Management not passing things down
    Lack of hours

    5.0

    Tesco colleague at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Meeting new people

    Worst thing

    Covering for staff

    6.6

    Colleague at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    The people i work with

    Worst thing

    Treatment from shift leaders and managers

    5.5

    Personal shopper at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    People I work with

    Worst thing

    Insanely bad communication

    5.9

    Employee at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Meeting people from different backgrounds. Striving for perfection

    Worst thing

    Striving for perfection.
    No paid breaks, even if no chance to get full break.
    No paid for Xmas party, or bonus scheme for company profits etc.

    5.1

    Shift leader at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Staff discount

    Worst thing

    Night Shift and load of work.

    4.7

    Colleague at Tesco, April 2026

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  • Best thing

    Discount and good hours

    Worst thing

    Sometimes work long shifts

    8.2

    Grocery colleague at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    Team members

    Worst thing

    Zero communication from management

    1.6

    Customer assistant at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    The pay and the people you work with

    Worst thing

    Micro managers

    6.7

    Warehouse operative at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    Flexible hours & decent break times.

    Worst thing

    Management doesn’t inform you of things directly, you have to hear it from your colleagues. There is little to no overtime and it’s not easy to get hours added to your contract.

    7.4

    Colleague at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    The discount is the only benefit

    Worst thing

    Store manager treats staff unfairly, talks down to them and has unrealistic expectations.
    Not allowed to requests days off unless it is a holiday even though I have to be available 24/7
    Not enough equipment for all staff
    Had to be on call multiple times a week and not get paid for it. So not be able to do anything after work.
    Shift ends at closing time so you never finish on time

    3.6

    Shift leader at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    My job allows me to set a clear routine.

    Worst thing

    Dealing with pressure given by managers, managers not understanding the true difficulty of tasks being given especially in a Superstore and general mistreatment of new hires.

    3.4

    Stock controller at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    Managing a very good team who work.well.with me

    Worst thing

    Thefts, short staffed, unable.to.tske proper breaks

    5.5

    Shift leader at Tesco, March 2026

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  • Best thing

    It’s easy

    Worst thing

    It’s too easy, boring, repetitive

    6.8

    Personal shopper at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Salary finance. 8 week off Paternity.

    Worst thing

    Managers. Equality.

    3.4

    Employee at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Seeing friends and being soxial

    Worst thing

    Stress

    2.1

    Employee at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    The wage and working independently

    Worst thing

    Very physical, heavy lifting and on feet the whole shift

    7.3

    Employee at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    discount

    Worst thing

    head office are incompetent, unrealistic and do not care about the welfare of staff

    6.3

    Cafe staff at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Ok

    Worst thing

    Needs more hours giving to long time workers

    7.4

    Sales assistant at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Shift leaders are supportive
    Enjoy who I work with
    Can be chilled out and relaxed

    Worst thing

    Not paid for sick leave and some targets set are unrealistic

    9.1

    Warehouse colleague at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Creating close relationships with other members of my management team

    Worst thing

    Stressful
    Too many things to do not enough time
    Not the right level of staff for day to day job
    Taking work home and not being able to switch off when I leave work
    Always being asked to do more than I need to do

    6.4

    Employee at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Lack of staff

    Worst thing

    Management don't have a clue

    5.0

    Shift leader at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    I got breaks even just doing a 4 hour shift

    Worst thing

    Management were never around

    4.3

    Customer assistant at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    The people I work with well most of them

    Worst thing

    Shop lifters, rude customers

    7.6

    Sales assistant at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    Building my own team

    Worst thing

    Manager not treatiing fearly

    3.7

    Store manager at Tesco, February 2026

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  • Best thing

    No two days are the same

    Worst thing

    Area management
    Shoplifters

    2.3

    Employee at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    I am able to build on my skill set with learning all the ins and outs of dotcom.
    My team were so welcoming and lovely bunch.

    Worst thing

    Having to either clean up peoples mess or having to help people in busy areas

    9.4

    Personal shopper at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Getting on well with other colleagues and having nice customers

    9.6

    Customer assistant at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Pay, security, hours

    Worst thing

    No staff, customers, team

    8.4

    Admin assistant at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    The staff are great

    Worst thing

    Not enough overtime

    8.8

    Tesco colleague at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Team

    Worst thing

    Managers. Time off is difficult

    4.5

    Colleague at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Good pay, reliable hours and easy work

    Worst thing

    Mangers can be a little unreasonable and the sickness policy is kind of stupid

    8.4

    Baker at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Great work life balance and positive culture in the office

    Worst thing

    Inconsistent management practices across operations are creating frictio

    9.9

    Team leader at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Pay. Leave.

    Worst thing

    Shortage of staff

    6.0

    Colleague at Tesco, January 2026

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  • Best thing

    Nice friendly environment

    Worst thing

    Sometime simple things can be made complicated

    8.9

    Delivery driver at Tesco, January 2026

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