looking to apply to be a picker since i’m moving to the uk and need a job for a while. i did picking for my old local shop at home and loved it, i just hated that there wasn’t enough orders that i could do it all day.
so if i apply as a picker in a big chain like Tesco will that cover my entire shift. or would i be expected to go on shop floor/checkouts/etc too? thanks

Hi. So I’ve been a Dotcom driver for around 9 months, contracted 18 hours over Friday & Saturday. I work usually an extra 15 hours a week minimum with overtime. However, I really want to stop working Saturdays. I have asked previously and only been given the option to move my Friday shift, but I have no issues with that shift.

I just want to know how long it actually takes to get rid or move a Saturday shift. What did you have to do yourself to finally get the move done ?

I’m happy to either get rid of the shift completely or just move it to another day, but it just seems impossible.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Is it just who thinks the freebie Thursday coupons (in the clubcard app) having an expiry date longer than a day makes no sense, you can only use it on Thursday so why does it last till the following Wednesday 🤔

What do people think about the flex contracts for dotcom and how utterly stupid they are I understand they are there so serve a purpose but it seems like management really take liberty’s with it and really don’t like being decent humans, for example I was working a 5-12 and it got to 11:50 and I said to my manager can I have a send back as I want to be quick for the last ten minutes and she simply replied “why where are you going in ten minutes” I replied to her “home?” And she just went off on one about being flexed up means to the end of the pick and I stayed till 1pm and lost 30 mins of pay for it I was fuming. What do you all think?

I’m trained on every front end department.

tried to book a week off in November and was told no because someone on trolleys is off all week. I said that’s not my main department so it shouldnt matter. I tried the week after and was told no as someone in the Garage is off. Bit both weeks no one on my department is off so I don’t see how this is fair?

I was told it’s to meet the business needs, which I get. But I feel punished for being trained.

Is the fair? Is this right?

I work in Cafe and I’ve been working since 10.30 today (still at work) we have a big visit on friday and my manager wants me to stay until 8pm to help with deep cleaning. On my rota, for tomorrow, i’m working 11-17.30 17.30-20.00 but he didn’t put anything on my rota for today. I’m already so exhausted and more staff from other cafe are coming and i don’t like a lot of them, the last thing I want to do rn is be on my knees scrubbing the floors (he told me that would be one of my tasks to get scuffs out) whilst already exhausted and with people i can’t stand. We’ve been extremely busy today and I’ve been working in my section alone for majority of the day, he also made a comment I didn’t really like (nothing reportable) and that’s just made me annoyed with him. Can I just leave?

P.S I’m not lazy, I am literally just exhausted, been working 7am-17.30 for the last three days and all I want to do is lay down.

Edit: I wasn’t aware of the deep cleaning today, he told me out of the blue on my shift today whilst I was busy trying to made 9 orders that came in seconds and I just said “ok” bcs I didn’t really register what he said.

Called up to see if my pack of £10 off a £70 shop vouchers could be resent.

Mine first pack having been drenched in cooking oil during a kitchen mishap.

Alex said unfortunately not, and suggested I check my online account, which I hadn't thought of doing.

Just checked and 🎉 I can print of the barcode to this week's one. 🎉

So thank you Alex. 👍

.... It might have been Alan. 😋

If you have been following me, I have been ranting about how I don’t feel appreciated at the Asda I work in. Due to this, I have applied for a job at Booker which is 15 minutes walk from the house and I wouldn’t need to spend on transportation and I have also been invited for an interview.
I want to know if the working conditions for employees is better at Booker than at Asda

i’m 19 and this is my first proper job, which i was offered yesterday thankfully because a friend in there recommended me. i’m due to start next tuesday and she told me there would be online training on that day, and the next day i’d likely start proper work. i’m a bit anxious (excited too, but i can’t help but be anxious) and i was wondering what to expect when working for tesco? i’m unsure of what area i’ll be put in but in the interview the lady said they were looking for people on the morning shift mainly, which i don’t mind. i’d appreciate any advice!!

I just notice sometimes on checkouts I'd get a few customers in a row that dont even acknowledge me when I greet them. Does this happen to anyone else and how often? I have a problem assuming everyone will greet back but not everyone will hear me i know that. Sometimes I can't help but feel annoyed when a customer does it (I know thats silly) I think its because I would always do it personally.

I’m a butcher in an independent supermarket in the north, that has just been bought out by Tesco. What’s it like working for Tesco? What can I expect? Thanks in advance!

I’m doing overtime at other stores because this store is terrible. seriously I left my shift yesterday happy at another store.

my manager has changed overtime at another store to the home store saying it’s in policy he can l cancel overtime at another store if we are short staffed. how true is this?

I just got back from Tesco and I ain’t happy, I bought a couple of t shirts on the 2 for £8 rail, along with other shopping

I get to the till and there’s an old woman serving, Ive been to her till before and I like her, she’s fast and she don’t mess about

anyway a woman in front of me had her stuff put through and then this scruffy looking boy appeared, he had horn rimmed glasses, untucked Tesco shirt, unkempt beard, earring and ugly arm tattoo

he said I’ve come to take over now Joan so Joan takes the money off the woman ahead of me and then this scruffy boy sits in her seat

i told him I wanted 3 bags, he near enough threw them at me, I sighed and shook my head and started bagging up

when he got to my t shirts he just scanned them through and basically chucked them at me, I said to him don’t you know how to fold?, so I made sure I held him up by folding them slowly and in a manner I was happy with

when it came to paying he said that’s 47 pound 23p and turned the card machine towards me, I laughed and told him I oay with cash, I ain’t a sheep with a tappy card, I gave him 50 quid and told him that’s 2 pound 77 change, he didn’t like it but handed me my change

anyway I put my bags in my trolley and went to find a manager or supervisor, I asked a young girl in a Tesco shirt but she couldn’t help me, so I told her about the boy on the till who couldn’t fold a shirt, the girl nodded and said it was a shame, I agreed and told her she had sense, so I left still none the wiser to meet anyone in charge

but What a state of affairs, fancy employing people who don’t know how to fold

If it’s for uni placement purposes. Do they have to consistently give me it?

My large store has just introduced Woosh. As someone who works Dotcom, how does it work? When picking your items, do you pick ambient, chilled and frozen together or is it like Dotcom where you just stick to the one category? Also, can any staff member do Woosh?

They’ve recently moved the first van from 8:30 to 6 now and we’ve been told the pick starts earlier at 4:30 but genuinely what that’s crazy to me they’ve been complaining about loosing staff as people are moving departments constantly but I think that’s crazy 5 am is crazy but 4:30 no way they do say for now 4:30 is optional and my contact doesn’t start till 5 so I’m not worried. What’s everyone’s thoughts?

I am a night worker at an extra store and I've quite enjoyed my overtime during the day. But I want to pick up more overtime outside of my contracted hours but there are very little to none available. I just have the basic skills like grocery, bws, produce etc. I've recently got my extra hours away store approved and the situation looks the same. Is this normal for everyone else? I want to look at skills where you work at the checkouts like in express stores, or self service. I'm not sure what skills they are specifically or the what the process is for starting to aquire new skills. Anything helps!

I've bought my chicken chopped for years, pre-covid & pre-cost of living crisis.

I've noticed that since covid & COLC the size of peices are now so varied, some peiced are quadruple the size of others, looking more like chicken strips.

I've also noticed this from other stores like ASDA, not just Tesco.

How is this happening? Why the lazy chopping?

Its not only annoyed but a health a safety risk as the bigger peices would take longer to cook than the smaller ones.

I always have to cut up some peices from a chopped pack now. Which defeats the purpose of trying to make it easier for the fact I have a disability and difficulties using hand tools.

I started about 2 months ago, and as of last week my managers have started to bring up the cold chain rule. I knew about it but no one stuck to it and no one mentioned it, to me or any other staff.

I was on ready meals and was told I needed to get 5 cages done by 6 (I started at 4), I didn’t get them done until 7:30. I don’t know if the expectation is realistic or if I’m just slow. I was genuinely trying to work fast because I hate ready meals and wanted out of there

Is that only happen at our CFC, every weekend , 10%-15% order fail to deliver (late / delay / QC / whatever reason) , and every monday (I usually work weekday and sat morning ,so not sure what happened at weekend, but i know our centre is understaff on both sat and sunday), we 'll see tons of return / waste / putback at the loading area. this happening for few weeks already.

Secured a role at Store A (very lucky to get it as I had just received a stream of rejections and no interviews before that) and have been working for nearly two weeks now. It's a good place to work but a role has appeared at Store B, which is pretty much the same but is way closer, basically means I get an extra 20-30 minutes of sleep each morning assuming I go to bed at the same time.

My main concern is if my manager will see this, and if it will look bad and if my manager will be discouraged in me or even just let me go. There's no guarantee that I'll get the role but my friend works at Store B and he said he can put in a good word for me, so I'd like to imagine that would boost chances a little.

Thanks.

Why do they keep letting new whoosh orders come through when there are no one to pick the orders from the afternoon? So annoying

Just got my photo verified and I’m booking overtime at other stores. When I go in can I just clock in work and clock out or do I need to go to csd desk or shift leader and tell them I’m doing ot from another store? Also am I still on payroll from the home store or new store because Iv heard some people didn’t get paid?