>More than 1,600 Tesco jobs are at risk after the supermarket said it will axe overnight roles at a number of stores and close its discount retail arm.
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>Yesterday the retailer confirmed plans to close its Jack’s discount supermarket arm, with seven stores shutting for good and the remaining six becoming Tesco shops.
My guess is inflation (goods and wages) is starting to bite at Tesco and they are making savings in the easiest way possible.
Yes Tesco do make a lot of money but their profit margin is 1.9% (Greggs for example is 8% and Amazon is 5.7%), they can only absorb so much. We’re in for a tough 2022 I fear.
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I worked nights at Tesco during term breaks, not a bad job unless you were on frozen or pet food, then they started opening 24hrs and customers started getting in the way.
Go through the tills folks. Self scan is killing jobs.
I noticed somewhere in that article they mentioned setting forecourts to pay at pump only.
That’s going to massively piss off some Bank of Scotland customers as their cards are notorious for not working there. A Kiosk is there for a reason.
I assume they are doing it because working between 12 and 6am you get paid a bit more. The amount they’ll save is negligible compared with their 1.6bn profits.
Sure we can. You’re doing the companies job and increasing their profits.
Ahh yes, doing it now, once people have forgotten that they used to clap key workers.
Sainsbury’s got rid of their night shift in a lot of stores a few years ago and it doesn’t work. Most sainsburys stores reversed the decision and went back to stocking at night.
Even if you factor in the money saved not paying night shift premium, staff just can’t be as productive stocking the shelves when there are customers in the way.
I can understand the logic of having more staff on the shop floor during peak hours but to me, restocking during peak hours will be an absolute nightmare and basically cause in-store congestion.
On top of that, whether staff will be able to restock at a level anywhere near what they can during quieter hours will remain to be seen.
I guess that means stock availability is going to be rubbish at those stores much before noon
Why don’t they just setup those wires that overheard cameras move along when recording YouTube videos / movies. Line each one up to a specific shelf/location in the stock room and call it a day on staff.
In fact they should just set one up from the manufacturer right to your door (like a big telephone wire) and call it a day
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>More than 1,600 Tesco jobs are at risk after the supermarket said it will axe overnight roles at a number of stores and close its discount retail arm.
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>Yesterday the retailer confirmed plans to close its Jack’s discount supermarket arm, with seven stores shutting for good and the remaining six becoming Tesco shops.
My guess is inflation (goods and wages) is starting to bite at Tesco and they are making savings in the easiest way possible.
Yes Tesco do make a lot of money but their profit margin is 1.9% (Greggs for example is 8% and Amazon is 5.7%), they can only absorb so much. We’re in for a tough 2022 I fear.
edit: typos
I worked nights at Tesco during term breaks, not a bad job unless you were on frozen or pet food, then they started opening 24hrs and customers started getting in the way.
Go through the tills folks. Self scan is killing jobs.
I noticed somewhere in that article they mentioned setting forecourts to pay at pump only.
That’s going to massively piss off some Bank of Scotland customers as their cards are notorious for not working there. A Kiosk is there for a reason.
I assume they are doing it because working between 12 and 6am you get paid a bit more. The amount they’ll save is negligible compared with their 1.6bn profits.
Sure we can. You’re doing the companies job and increasing their profits.
Ahh yes, doing it now, once people have forgotten that they used to clap key workers.
Sainsbury’s got rid of their night shift in a lot of stores a few years ago and it doesn’t work. Most sainsburys stores reversed the decision and went back to stocking at night.
Even if you factor in the money saved not paying night shift premium, staff just can’t be as productive stocking the shelves when there are customers in the way.
I can understand the logic of having more staff on the shop floor during peak hours but to me, restocking during peak hours will be an absolute nightmare and basically cause in-store congestion.
On top of that, whether staff will be able to restock at a level anywhere near what they can during quieter hours will remain to be seen.
I guess that means stock availability is going to be rubbish at those stores much before noon
Why don’t they just setup those wires that overheard cameras move along when recording YouTube videos / movies. Line each one up to a specific shelf/location in the stock room and call it a day on staff.
In fact they should just set one up from the manufacturer right to your door (like a big telephone wire) and call it a day