Going in to do my last shift today.
Nearly five years driving ..
Mixed feelings. Not the worst company I have worked for.
And they picked me up in the depths of recession and unemployment. But, its going nowhere now.
Sad and happy to be leaving.
Good luck wheelspin :thumbup:
Quote from: wheelspin on 12-01-17, 11:50AM
Going in to do my last shift today.
Nearly five years driving ..
Mixed feelings. Not the worst company I have worked for.
And they picked me up in the depths of recession and unemployment. But, its going nowhere now.
Sad and happy to be leaving.
Best of Luck!
Do Stencho a video if you can. :)
Good luck Wheelspin, there's a good life after Tesco.
All the best to you wheelspin, hope you achieve all you wish for in the future :thumbup:
Good luck mate ,never look back i know so many people who have left and are so happy all they miss is the staff they made Friends with , I v
Wheelspin
this one goes out just for you...enjoy :thumbup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISWOrI0WaLs&ab_channel=KeithBarron (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISWOrI0WaLs&ab_channel=KeithBarron)
Best of good fortune and health to you Wheelspin, and thanks for you help.
All the best for your future, Wheelspin.
all the best wheelspin. don't look back :)
Good Luck Wheelspin. Enjoy whatever you are going on to do.
Cheers..
What a last night... Had the worst customer I have ever had in all my years with Tesco. For my very last delivery! Took pleasure in saying ..
Well .. I would rather not mention what I said.. ;D ;D
Will still be hangin around.
Best of luck. :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Just on the topic of last days etc, regarding your notice...If you don't complete the full notice period what happens in terms of pay?
six weeks consultation period. you get a quote informing you of approximate amount during that time . please read carefully. two weeks are deducted from your entitlement ( if you qualify for the whole 12 weeks you will get 10 ). this is the two week notice period you must serve. you will have a final meeting , you get the end date . After finishing work you pop off to sign on Aaarrgh! (SPOILER ALERT) on the phone for an hour to make an appointment then another hour when you sign on ......what a J O B
Quote from: PT21 on 13-01-17, 07:34AM
Just on the topic of last days etc, regarding your notice...If you don't complete the full notice period what happens in terms of pay?
I had no hols left after Chrimbo.
So I could simply leave. They cant withhold the last weeks pay without a massive union battle.
But I gave them a couple of weeks as it may have screwed up my work mates.
I traditional fashion in my store (flagship Irish store .. Naas Extra.) I had no exit interview and got rostered for three 4 hour evening shifts in a row on my way out. Bringing my total hours to 31 instead of my norm 36+. That meant no goodbye to my friends I have made over the years. No goodbye from my manager or even a thank you for my work and positive changes I made to the running of the department over the years.. I drove on a B average and maintained a green reach report.
The last few nights summed up every reason I left the company. All the best intentions with the poster campaigns that plaster the walls, but zero commitment at a manager level. We lost a great manager on the last manager rotation and wish she was there during my time leaving.
It felt like leaving prison when leaving. Refreshing. Exciting time ahead though ..
Yep that would be about right wheelspin,
The majority of tesco management show a total disregard to leavers. They seem to have a mindset that leavers are to be shown complete disdain in their final week ??? It's as if they take it as a personal insult that you wouldn't want to work for them anymore ??? Usually followed by mutterings of, " already replaced, won't be missed, blah blah blah!!"
A lot of my colleagues who have left in recent times, were also treated in this way, the majority were not given exit interviews, so most chose to e mail Dave Lewis to give their own exit interview. Stating their reasons for leaving, highlighting their many concerns, personal opinion of certain managers and the fact that they had been denied tesco's own honest and transparent policy, by being given a voice on their final day ;) ;)
Quote from: wheelspin on 13-01-17, 03:18AM
Cheers..
What a last night... Had the worst customer I have ever had in all my years with Tesco. For my very last delivery! Took pleasure in saying ..
Well .. I would rather not mention what I said.. ;D ;D
Will still be hangin around.
nice one :D. bet the ar**h*le's reported you and wants you sacked ;D ;D
Quote from: lucgeo on 13-01-17, 01:53PM
Yep that would be about right wheelspin,
The majority of tesco management show a total disregard to leavers. They seem to have a mindset that leavers are to be shown complete disdain in their final week ??? It's as if they take it as a personal insult that you wouldn't want to work for them anymore ??? Usually followed by mutterings of, " already replaced, won't be missed, blah blah blah!!"
A lot of my colleagues who have left in recent times, were also treated in this way, the majority were not given exit interviews, so most chose to e mail Dave Lewis to give their own exit interview. Stating their reasons for leaving, highlighting their many concerns, personal opinion of certain managers and the fact that they had been denied tesco's own honest and transparent policy, by being given a voice on their final day ;) ;)
i think the reason a lot of people don't get exit interviews is because the company don't want to hear the home truths that they are a s***e company to work for nowadays
Quote from: lackofinterest on 13-01-17, 11:18PM
Quote from: wheelspin on 13-01-17, 03:18AM
Cheers..
What a last night... Had the worst customer I have ever had in all my years with Tesco. For my very last delivery! Took pleasure in saying ..
Well .. I would rather not mention what I said.. ;D ;D
Will still be hangin around.
nice one :D. bet the ar**h*le's reported you and wants you sacked ;D ;D
The real thing that does my head in is, that if a customer is rude or abusive in the store, they are ejected and invited to never return.
But my manager in dot com will
probably refund their entire shop, pack the next one themself, and give then a gesture of good will with and extra tenner or a bottle of wine. As well as their entire shop. Fact.
Just so the next driver can get abused and the same thing happen all over again. With doubt on the driver s conduct.
I hate it.. It upset me. And the money was c**p.. really bad, way below the national average wage.
At the start I loved it. But there was so may things building up that its time to leave.
I urge anyone feeling like this to start looking . Dont waste what little life we have on this world dealing with this c**p. Go and find something that interests you.
:thumbup:
Personally, I wouldn't want to be leaving ANY company with such a negative overview of one's clients? If one harbours such negative thoughts about the general public in one's previous role, what is there on the future horizon to suggest that the public will be any more amiable when encountered in pastures new?
If you're embittered by the last set of employer's clients you might well be disappointed by the next lot? If you do leave this shower of shizzer it' s best to do it with a swagger and a smile, even if you paint a picture on this site. Society has changed.. people are less tolerant, patient, understanding, courteous, grateful, accepting that sometimes things go wrong. They have almost been made helpless by services that provide them with a click of a button 'here and now' lifestyle.
Wheelspin, you almost seem infected by the same c**p that has poisoned the general public.
I've had the problem wheelspin is talking about, I've been hit by a customer on three separate occasions and they're never black listed.
When a customer is abusive in store they're ejected, but in dot com they expect it and don't care, I had drinks with a friend who's still working there and when he complained about customers being abusive he was told that it's his job to be abused, with people like this in charge why am I not surprised they can't hold on to staff.
The other supermarkets are going to poach all the good drivers with better pay and lighter workloads, then knly the lazy gits will be left and they'll get right along with management.
Quote from: horatiocain on 17-01-17, 09:45PM
I've had the problem wheelspin is talking about, I've been hit by a customer on three separate occasions and they're never black listed.
When a customer is abusive in store they're ejected, but in dot com they expect it and don't care, I had drinks with a friend who's still working there and when he complained about customers being abusive he was told that it's his job to be abused, with people like this in charge why am I not surprised they can't hold on to staff.
The other supermarkets are going to poach all the good drivers with better pay and lighter workloads, then knly the lazy gits will be left and they'll get right along with management.
Why didn't you report it to police if you were assaulted (surely you owe that to your colleagues who may face the same assault)?
I cannot believe that any manager worth their salt would inform a colleague that it's part of the role 'to be abused'?
'Lazy gits' very rarely survive a manager's tenure, and going forward they will be found out and shaped, or shipped out?
Yes, I too have had been told that "customer frustrations" ( abusive behaviour) as worded by a manager, is part of your role at Tesco. So I can vouch what others have said. It looks like the culture in Tesco now to leave staff at the mercy of intimidating and abusive customers.
Thank f*** I no longer work for them, and feel for those who still do.
Quote from: OpShunned on 17-01-17, 09:51PM
Quote from: horatiocain on 17-01-17, 09:45PM
I've had the problem wheelspin is talking about, I've been hit by a customer on three separate occasions and they're never black listed.
When a customer is abusive in store they're ejected, but in dot com they expect it and don't care, I had drinks with a friend who's still working there and when he complained about customers being abusive he was told that it's his job to be abused, with people like this in charge why am I not surprised they can't hold on to staff.
The other supermarkets are going to poach all the good drivers with better pay and lighter workloads, then knly the lazy gits will be left and they'll get right along with management.
Why didn't you report it to police if you were assaulted (surely you owe that to your colleagues who may face the same assault)?
I cannot believe that any manager worth their salt would inform a colleague that it's part of the role 'to be abused'?
'Lazy gits' very rarely survive a manager's tenure, and going forward they will be found out and shaped, or shipped out?
this manager like countless others obviously isn't worth his salt
Quote from: Equalizer87 on 17-01-17, 10:50PM
Yes, I too have had been told that "customer frustrations" ( abusive behaviour) as worded by a manager, is part of your role at Tesco. So I can vouch what others have said. It looks like the culture in Tesco now to leave staff at the mercy of intimidating and abusive customers.
Thank f*** I no longer work for them, and feel for those who still do.
but we're not allowed to get frustrated by the abuse we get from ar**h*le managers and ar**h*le customers!!!
Not allowed to get "frustrated" by anything or anyone, Tesco or customers. Otherwise you'll get pulled in for not "living the values of the company" or being "too negative" about it.
Biggest load of c**p I've ever heard.
values? the company have no f***ing values. mickey mouse outfit >:(
can anybody in all honesty find anything positive about this mickey mouse outfit anymore ??? ???
They are very efficient at getting rid of good loyal staff and very good at sending customers to their competitors.... W***kers
nah you're just being negative ;) :D :-X (-*-)
supreme masters of their own downfall!!! 8-)
You reap what you sow, GREAT companies will ALWAYS exist, with GREAT STAFF. Without good staff who work willingly to achive good standard's then you are a mediocre company that treats staff like slaves who give mediocre service. Unfortunately this once good'ish company has pushed its great staff out and is pushing the mediocre staff who are only there to earn a wage in...
Quote from: OpShunned on 17-01-17, 09:33PM
Personally, I wouldn't want to be leaving ANY company with such a negative overview of one's clients? If one harbours such negative thoughts about the general public in one's previous role, what is there on the future horizon to suggest that the public will be any more amiable when encountered in pastures new?
If you're embittered by the last set of employer's clients you might well be disappointed by the next lot? If you do leave this shower of shizzer it' s best to do it with a swagger and a smile, even if you paint a picture on this site. Society has changed.. people are less tolerant, patient, understanding, courteous, grateful, accepting that sometimes things go wrong. They have almost been made helpless by services that provide them with a click of a button 'here and now' lifestyle.
Wheelspin, you almost seem infected by the same c**p that has poisoned the general public.
I cant disagree with you on much there. And to be honest, if it was not for that last customer treating me like dirt, I would probably have been in better form when leaving.
I guess I have been infected by lots of things that went on over the years.
I could go on with a list of things that have happened.
But in truthful hindsight, the 1000s of pleasant interactions with customers made the job quite enjoyable 95% of the time. I always made good conversation with any customer who was will to listen. Good days were great.
I could not wait to leave though. Where I am now, its hard to believe im being paid for such an interesting day. I never ever got that with Tesco unfortunately.
:thumbup:
Lazy managers are all we had at our depot, here were ten doing the work of 4, badly. It had become quite Joe how reeiculously the place was run, and as for not surviving they all had more hand a decade in the company as managers.
I now understand why tesco is as screwed as it is, I've known five good managers across 5 years, three were poached by other supermarkets after being overlooked for years, one left of their own accord for a different industry and the last in languishing for years being overlooked because he doesn't fit the tesco mold.
Quote from: wheelspin on 18-01-17, 06:55PMI could not wait to leave though. Where I am now, its hard to believe im being paid for such an interesting day. I never ever got that with Tesco unfortunately.
There's many of 'us' waiting for the way out to be fair Wheelspin. Those interactions between the customer and 'us' that go pear-shaped are more often nothing more than frustrations with the company from both sides of the doorstep. Left to their own devices a customer would just be grateful that someone (you) had the decency to to deliver their shopping to their door and thereby save them the bother of attending store.
The company will lure the customers in with promises of 'perfect pickers' 'careful packers' thoughtful drivers, one hour (sometimes unrealistic) delivery slots. They dont tell customers that if the delivery fails they will be charged another 'full order' cost, pending a refund should their order be scheduled for the day after etc. I mean let's face it, if your order from any company, irrespective of what you buy, doesnt't turn up on Monday would you expect to pay a second time for the same order to be delivered on Tuesday and be told 'I'm really sorry but your new order will be recharged to your payment card but rest-assured you will be refunded for Monday's order? How many people on a tight budget can afford that Mr Dave Lewis?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3479904/tesco-baker-iced-i-want-your-sex-onto-hot-cross-bun-last-day/ (https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3479904/tesco-baker-iced-i-want-your-sex-onto-hot-cross-bun-last-day/)
Cheeky Tesco baker iced 'I want your sex' onto a hot cross bun on their last day on the job
The baked roll bearing the expletive message was found on sale at the Sheerness store in Kent.
X-rated buns >:D
Not sure if this is the most suitable place for this but here goes. This week I will be leaving Tesco after three years and a terrible last few months. I've already handed my notice in. A number of other members of staff have left recently but have not received Exit Interviews so I'm not expecting to have one either. I have heard that without an Exit Interview your colleague discount cannot be taken off you. I doubt this but does anyone know for definite if this is true or not please?
can confirm I didn't have an exit interview and have still got my colleague card when I left last year. It still works too so that makes up for my s*** time at tesco I guess (not) :D
Well it's more to do with not processing information rather that they can't take discount card from you without exit interview.
by the way . If tesco hold ex employees in the system then how many people accually work for tesco?
I left on Monday with no exit interview. My discount card was stopped yesterday and also my logins for work and pay have been suspended so now I can't access payslips or p60. Went in today and they said they will manually request the documents and forward them to me. Said to them well I better give you my forwarding address seeing as I had no exit interview for you to take any details and I'm moving next week >:D Really not impressed of how they have handled things.
Quote from: BlokeinBlue on 30-06-21, 11:39AM
Not sure if this is the most suitable place for this but here goes. This week I will be leaving Tesco after three years and a terrible last few months. I've already handed my notice in. A number of other members of staff have left recently but have not received Exit Interviews so I'm not expecting to have one either. I have heard that without an Exit Interview your colleague discount cannot be taken off you. I doubt this but does anyone know for definite if this is true or not please?
Exit interviews are more typical in higher profile jobs than Tesco. Retail has a high, if not the highest amount of staff turnover across all industries, the value of an exit interview is to limit staff turnover, in most industries, a lower staff turnover is better, in Retail, a high staff turnover is more inconsequential because everyone is replaceable, except for Head Office and above.
My exit interview last year was classic, was done by another manager as my line manager was off at the time "So your leaving then, but any chance you can come back as a temp over Christmas as it could get mental if non essential retail is still closed" me "No chance" manager "Thought you would say that and I cant blame you but the S.M insists we ask anyone who leaves"
That was it, nothing about why I wanted to leave, just cant you come back and help over Xmas, I did tell my actual manager upon handing in my weeks notice why I was leaving was due to little chance to move on and being offered a better paying job elsewhere and he actually wished me well and explained why he himself was looking for a new job at the time.
Think my discount worked for about three weeks after I left and I could still log into inform for the same amount of time, still got the discount card but it now just functions as a normal customer Clubcard.
why give a feck about the discount card. i'd just be grateful that i would never have to step foot inside a tossco ever again!!!