Sainsburys and Tescos jobs

wilson1973

My son is fininshing his GCSES next Tuesday and he would like a holiday and weekend job to earn some money before and during college,we have a Sainsburys and a Tesco near us,he says he would just like to shelf stack and I suppose those people have to operate the tills,he said he was ok with that.
Can anyone tell me what those jobs are called on the Sainsbury website so he can apply for the right job,I have no idea,would that job be called a general assisstant?
I hope that doesn't make my son sound very fussy,it's just a big step for him and I would like him to start in a position that he was happy with to start him off in a happy fashion until he gained his confidence and realised that he would be ok in other areas of the store ,I did see one called a "food services assisstant"which he said he didn't want to do,I think that would have been behind the deli etc

Comms69

wilson1973 wrote: »

My son is fininshing his GCSES next Tuesday and he would like a holiday and weekend job to earn some money before and during college,we have a Sainsburys and a Tesco near us,he says he would just like to shelf stack and I suppose those people have to operate the tills,he said he was ok with that.
Can anyone tell me what those jobs are called on the Sainsbury website so he can apply for the right job,I have no idea,would that job be called a general assisstant?
I hope that doesn't make my son sound very fussy,it's just a big step for him and I would like him to start in a position that he was happy with to start him off in a happy fashion until he gained his confidence and realised that he would be ok in other areas of the store ,I did see one called a "food services assisstant"which he said he didn't want to do,I think that would have been behind the deli etc

To be honest- that kind of job may be beyond him. Cashiers serve alcohol, which he can’t do obviously; without supervision and that means a second person being there too.

Fast food is the go to. Hours fit nicely too and typically the teams are all there at same time.

Shelf stacking tends to be done at non peak times; so it may not fit anyway.

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General Assistant / Customer Service Assistant.
All recruitment is done online and will more than likely involve some sort of testing / scenario based exercises.

wilson1973

Comms69 wrote: »

To be honest- that kind of job may be beyond him. Cashiers serve alcohol, which he can’t do obviously; without supervision and that means a second person being there too.

Fast food is the go to. Hours fit nicely too and typically the teams are all there at same time.

Shelf stacking tends to be done at non peak times; so it may not fit anyway.

I hadn't thought of fast food,I wonder how the pay compares at Mcdonalds,at our local store the young ones sit next to or call a runner when they sell alcohol and they don't do nights for stacking it's done in the day,we have a new Mcdonalds being built this year though,so thanks for that suggestion,he would enjoy the discounted burgers haha

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Comms69 wrote: »

To be honest- that kind of job may be beyond him. Cashiers serve alcohol, which he can’t do obviously; without supervision and that means a second person being there too.
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It was quite easy to work around the age restricted items when I was at Tesco quite a few years ago, they just made sure the till I was on was alongside someone's till who could approve alcohol sales and it added maybe seconds onto someone's time at the checkout

It may of course be different now, but it worked well

wilson1973

SSDD23 wrote: »

It was quite easy to work around the age restricted items when I was at Tesco quite a few years ago, they just made sure the till I was on was alongside someone's till who could approve alcohol sales and it added maybe seconds onto someone's time at the checkout

It may of course be different now, but it worked well

Yes they do that in my local Sainsburys

muhandis

I don't know about the pay, but my first job was at McDonalds (4 years, part time doing all the hours I could get) and it taught me a whole range of skills that have served me very well in the years that followed.

Don't get me wrong, it's hard - cleaning toilets, swabbing floors, dealing with late night drunks, managing people who would rather be anywhere else than there, dealing with a proper cross section of society, handling customers, etc etc. "Flipping burgers" is the least of it.

wilson1973 wrote: »

I hadn't thought of fast food,I wonder how the pay compares at Mcdonalds,at our local store the young ones sit next to or call a runner when they sell alcohol and they don't do nights for stacking it's done in the day,we have a new Mcdonalds being built this year though,so thanks for that suggestion,he would enjoy the discounted burgers haha

wilson1973

That's good,he has had his head in his laptop for years and has only just started to socialise at 16,he would learn a few life lessons I'm sure.

Benight

wilson1973 wrote: »

My son is fininshing his GCSES next Tuesday and he would like a holiday and weekend job to earn some money before and during college,we have a Sainsburys and a Tesco near us,he says he would just like to shelf stack and I suppose those people have to operate the tills,he said he was ok with that.
Can anyone tell me what those jobs are called on the Sainsbury website so he can apply for the right job,I have no idea,would that job be called a general assisstant?
I hope that doesn't make my son sound very fussy,it's just a big step for him and I would like him to start in a position that he was happy with to start him off in a happy fashion until he gained his confidence and realised that he would be ok in other areas of the store ,I did see one called a "food services assisstant"which he said he didn't want to do,I think that would have been behind the deli etc

The terminology used at our local Sainsbury stores is as follows:

Shelf stacker = "Trading Assistant"
Till operator = "Services Assistant"

Whilst tasks are obviously a bit wider than that depending on what is required, the trading assistant is primarily stock related (shelf stacking, sell by date checking, deliveries, etc), whereas the services assistant is more customer focused (till operator, assisting customers, possibly some limited office work/answering phone, shop floor work, etc)

Both are paid the same rate

You are correct, the "Food Service Assistants"are those that work behind a counter, whether that be the deli, meat, fish, bakery or even serving in the cafe.

Again, all the same pay rate, except the bakery who get a small bonus.

wilson1973

Benight wrote: »

The terminology used at our local Sainsbury stores is as follows:

Shelf stacker = "Trading Assistant"
Till operator = "Services Assistant"

Whilst tasks are obviously a bit wider than that depending on what is required, the trading assistant is primarily stock related (shelf stacking, sell by date checking, deliveries, etc), whereas the services assistant is more customer focused (till operator, assisting customers, possibly some limited office work/answering phone, shop floor work, etc)

Both are paid the same rate

Thanks that's a great help

20aday

I imagine it's the same at Sainsbury's but there are certain areas within Tesco where your son wouldn't be able to work until he turns 18, such as on the backdoor or on Beers, Wines and Spirits.

Again, it may well be the same at Sainsbury's, but Tesco operate 'Flexi-Contracts' whereby you are given, say, 16 hours a week but can be 'flexed' up to 36.5 hours in a week (Sunday to Saturday) as/when the needs of the business demand it (typically peak trading periods such as Christmas).

Your son would be asked to fill out an availability form if he applied for a job at Tesco; as he's under 18 he wouldn't be able to work before 6am and the latest he could work is 9:45pm in the evening.

My understanding is Tesco superstores are moving towards organising overtime on tablets to make sure the right people are in the right place (Managing by Hours rather than money) so if there were times he wanted to work more hours he'd only be able to do it on departments he's been trained on i.e. checkouts until he'd been trained elsewhere and his records signed off by his manager.