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 (7137) , Customer Service (1579) , Sales Assistant (1350) , Cashier (807) , Sales Associate (684) , Customer Service Representative (658) , Personal Shopper (617) , Shop Assistant (597) , 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 3768 reviews)); "Don't have to take your work home with you and the people can be nice" ((in 1599 reviews)); "The staff for the most part are friendly and it is nice working with like" ((in 1462 reviews)); "Most fellow colleagues are friendly and sociable" ((in 1434 reviews)); "Benefits are good and so is discount" ((in 943 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 2053 reviews)); "Long hours and difficult with family life on holiday periods and weekends" ((in 1714 reviews)); "It is possible for a rude and aggressive colleague to become a manager just based on experience." ((in 1334 reviews)); "All breaks are unpaid (on a 9 hour shift you have to take 1.5h of unpaid breaks!)." ((in 243 reviews)); "No career progression and not as many staff on weekends" ((in 193 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

(34,289 total reviews)

Ken Murphy

66% 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 34,289 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

4.0

Jul 1, 2026

Enjoyable team atmosphere but operational challenges exist

Customer assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team, great managers, good mix of customers, always a laugh on shift.

Cons

Heat map is flawed and it would be better for managers to have more control over where staff are needed and based on what staff can physically do. Lots of work and sometimes broken equipment.

4.0

Jul 1, 2026

Decent benefits amid a secretive culture

Senior secuirty engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Supplier Tuesday; Tesco suppliers visit HQ and you get freebies! Decent pension, Tesco Colleague Clubcard, voucher for a flu vaccine. The security team is well organised, and mostly left to get on with solving incidents. They have the tools, training and skills to get to the bottom of things. Excellent graduate placement training programme.

Cons

Quite a reactionary environment driven by cyber security news cycles. Big culture of secrecy, people won't share things with other teams. Quite a big bullying culture in some teams which thankfully I was never on the receiving end of. Forcing security people into the office for 3 days a week continues to exacerbate a recruitment crisis. Some teams have open positions for over a year, and higher turn over than ideal. Yearly "feet on the floor" - where operational security team members must go in and help stack shelves - takes your best trained security responders off their job when you probably need them most. A short sighted and terrible policy which has been enacted company-wide.

5.0

Jul 1, 2026

Friendly team with flexible shifts, but limited growth

Janitor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly team and supportive managers. Flexible shifts that worked well around my university schedule. Clean and well-organised workplace.

Cons

Early morning starts can be tiring. Not much room for progression in the role.

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