Does Tesco pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Tesco employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Tesco. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Tesco?

69% of Tesco employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Tesco 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Tesco?

Customer Assistant (7139) , Customer Service (1579) , Sales Assistant (1350) , Cashier (807) , Sales Associate (684) , Customer Service Representative (658) , Personal Shopper (617) , Shop Assistant (598) , Customer Service Assistant (527) , Shift Leader (469) , Retail Assistant (463) , Manager (378) , General Assistant (370) , Store Assistant (368) , Store Colleague (342)

What are the pros of working at Tesco according to real employee reviews?

"the hourly pay at tesco is good and the way the look after colleges is great" ((in 3684 reviews)); "Don't have to take your work home with you and the people can be nice" ((in 1603 reviews)); "The staff for the most part are friendly and it is nice working with like" ((in 1474 reviews)); "Most of the colleagues are friendly and helpful" ((in 1419 reviews)); "Good benefits and okay" ((in 931 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Tesco according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management can lead to unmotivated workers which impact store performance and puts more pressure on more productive workers." ((in 2034 reviews)); "long hours and extremely buys periods running up to Christmas" ((in 1688 reviews)); "It is possible for a rude and aggressive colleague to become a manager just based on experience." ((in 1328 reviews)); "All breaks are unpaid (on a 9 hour shift you have to take 1.5h of unpaid breaks!)." ((in 241 reviews)); "Late Working Hours and late shift" ((in 240 reviews))

What are employees saying about Tesco layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Tesco layoffs and their outlook for job security at Tesco in 2026.

Tesco reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(34,296 total reviews)

Ken Murphy

65% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Career opportunities

Tesco has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 34,296 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 Vendita al dettaglio e all'ingrosso industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

34K reviews

1.0

Aug 5, 2024

Mandatory office days

Software development engineer (sde) ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High pay Decent work life balance Interesting job

Cons

Over the last several years we were working remotely and performing better with each year, This year the higher management decided to enforce 3 mandatory office days per week (previously 2, but not enforced). There are a lot of people that work from outside of Budapest but Tesco doesn't have any offices there. Why hire people from great distance and then force them to come into the office 3 times a week? They are constantly asking your opinion, yet don't care about it when you have a negative feedback. In fact, we were told to not give any negative feedback because higher management doesn't like it. Absolutely atrocious higher management.

2.0

Jul 8, 2024

Customer Assistant for Express stores.

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is ok, nice colleagues.

Cons

In express stores, extremely busy and long shift hours of 9 hours + with only 30 mins break. Even if you close at 11pm you are expected to work again at 6am?? Staff are given a large amount of stock every day and majority of the time it is hard to manage, as well as a large number of whoosh orders coming in everyday. Staff in express stores need a much larger wage for the amount of work you have to do (stacking whilst on till, tobacco, lottery, evri parcels, whoosh, cleaning etc). Mentally and physically draining.

5.0

May 16, 2024

Good Place to Work for Young People

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Very good breaks compared to most companies- guaranteed break for shifts of more than 4 hours and 90 mins break for 9+hrs shift -Friendly colleagues generally -Very good pay if you are a young person, as all customer assistants paid the same no matter the colleagues age- was earning double the minimum wage when I was working there at 17 -Very accommodating to students who are only back for holidays- extremely easy to come back and work as a 'retained student' -Job is most ideal for people (especially school leavers and students) to use as a stop gap

Cons

-Can be poor management on occasions, especially when it comes to organisation -Poor pay if not a young person, as the pay is not that much above the adult minimum wage -Colleague discount only 10% (more on payday weekends)- only really worth it if you buy a lot from Tesco -Can be quite a cliquey work environment, though this depends on the colleagues and the manager -Very low chances of progression from customer assistant to manager as there's a lot of shop floor staff and not many management positions, with new managers often coming straight from other stores and often being the most socially 'popular' staff

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