Question for Tesco's Workers

purplepixi

OK, I've been a house wife for the past 2 years. But recently my husband has been turned down by many credit cards, and as his interest free period is due to run out in July, I need to get a job to pay for it.

So far, I've looked at a full time job, however where I live there are only 6 childminders locally, so I'd have to move my daughter to another school to find another child minder with spaces.

Which for the moment has ruled out full time work.

I can't work weekends or evenings as my hubby works very unpredictable shifts. Which leaves school hours.

I've applied for a few school hours jobs, but didn't get them. So I've decided to apply to the local Tesco's

Now my questions are as follows:

How quickly do they get back and let you know if there's a vacancy? I gave them my form yesterday.

Would I be likely to get the hours I want - 9.30am - 2.30pm?

How long after joining do they give you the opportunity to do over time? E.g. if I know my husband will be working days one week, I could do extra evening hours.

And what is the current rate of pay for people over 21.

Oh and I remember my cousin couldn't get a job at Asda as they told her she was over qualified - would this happen at Tesco's - I've got quite a lot of qualifications but the application for doesn't ask for them.

Thanks for your help

Laura

Broken_hearted

Don't work for tesco but I would think you would need to be flexable.

highguyuk

Having worked in retail for a few years, and being lucky enough to be asked to help with selecting my replacement when I left, I can say that flexibility is important.

My boss at the time also looked at qualifications, and did question anyone that wanted to work there that had too many qualifications. He asked why they would want to work there when they could work elsewhere for money money/career prospects.

You've tried, what do you have to lose. If this fails, move on to something else. You'll find something

swampytiggaa

I work for tesco - found they got back to me pretty quickly re vacancies [but that was with a new store opening locally]

school hours - I know some of the cashiers who do those..... so it might not be a problem

overqualified - well i have a degree and it didn't stop me getting a job as a shelf stacker lol altho i am now a cashier instead [ie work on the tills]

overtime - my work is always looking for people to do overtime - specially on sundays and bank holidays - plus evenings or whatever - and you can do it as soon as you are trained in what you do

pay - can't remember without digging out my payslip - sundays and nights pay better..... I am contracted to saturdays and sundays [altho currently on maternity leave] and bring home about £90 a week after stoppages.... plus after a year you get 10% off your shopping

good luck

lynzpower

I used to work at tescos doing nights and days, nights was better as I spent nothing :j

I do miss working there to be honest Id go back in a shot.

Hereward

The OP mentions that they would like a full-time job, but can’t get one due to a lack of childminder places in their local area: the obvious solution is to become a registered childminder. It meets all of the OP’s requirements, as its during the day and you get to set your own hours and wages.

My childminder gets paid £3 ph for each child (I think you can have up to 6, but you need to check). It should be fairly straight forward to set yourself up, and if there is a shortage of places locally then you should have no problems finding clients.

swampytiggaa

Hereward wrote:

The OP mentions that they would like a full-time job, but can’t get one due to a lack of childminder places in their local area: the obvious solution is to become a registered childminder. It meets all of the OP’s requirements, as its during the day and you get to set your own hours and wages.

My childminder gets paid £3 ph for each child (I think you can have up to 6, but you need to check). It should be fairly straight forward to set yourself up, and if there is a shortage of places locally then you should have no problems finding clients.

depends if she wants to look after other peoples children tho tbh - I did it for a while and it was hard work - i much prefer working at tesco and leaving the babes with their daddy

plus the children might be ok but dealing with the parents is frequently a nightmare......

having done both i would say tesco every time

southernscouser

Hereward wrote:

The OP mentions that they would like a full-time job, but can’t get one due to a lack of childminder places in their local area: the obvious solution is to become a registered childminder. It meets all of the OP’s requirements, as its during the day and you get to set your own hours and wages.

My childminder gets paid £3 ph for each child (I think you can have up to 6, but you need to check). It should be fairly straight forward to set yourself up, and if there is a shortage of places locally then you should have no problems finding clients.

Hey great minds think alike!

I was going to suggest that!

Hereward

swampytiggaa wrote:

depends if she wants to look after other peoples children tho tbh - I did it for a while and it was hard work - i much prefer working at tesco and leaving the babes with their daddy

plus the children might be ok but dealing with the parents is frequently a nightmare......

having done both i would say tesco every time

I would agree that looking after other peolpe's childern is not always easy, but from reading the OP's question I could see that was an opportunity that the perhaps had not been considered.

linda7

i work for tesco i found out i got the job after 2 days! they are quite easy going with the hours so i dont think they will be a problem there. as for over time there is always loads going at my store so i dont think that will be a problen either. i dont think it realy matters what grades you have got, you get points off your application form and thats how they grade you. hope this helps!

ti1980

I know this is not Tesco but thought it is relevant enough to keep on the same thread.
I work at M&S and they are often looking for staff. I think a lot of it depends on where you are located.
It helps if you are near a big store especially in late Aug/Sept as they start recruiting then for Christmas.
I used to know a few people who worked just 9.30am-2pm or 10am-2pm. Alternatively there are usually vacancies for someone to do a 5-8pm or a 5-9pm a couple of days a week.
Pay starts at 5.50 per hour as a 'trainee' and after being there anything from 8 weeks to 6 months when you become 'qualified' it goes up to 5.70 p/h.
In certain locations though you get a 'market premium.' This mainly applies to a lot of the London stores and some of the really big stores.

Hope this helps.