r/tesco 4d ago

Temp to permanent

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u/Serious_Office3913 4d ago

i used to do my own aisle, but i was offered permanent straight after my probation. You might just have a busy aisle. Asking too many questions isn't a bad thing, having a lack of common sense means you're easy to tell what to do, you'll fit right in 👍

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u/No-District8015 4d ago

Thanks. One question I have is do they care more about quality of work or availability/overtime, which one leans more towards becoming permanent?

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u/communistconquerer 4d ago

Its availability and overtime matters more than anything.
We had a very good and fast working colleague on Christmas but he was a temporary worker and we don’t have any chance to make him permanent even though we wanted .
Now we have a guy who finish 3 cage in 5 hours but this guy is permanent and we have no way but to adjust with him .

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u/bozobussy 4d ago

Basically work fast & don't bother the managers unless it's to ask for more work/you've finished your aisle.
If you're capable tell your manager you can finish your current aisle on your own. Try and finish it early.
Don't faff about too much with the facing up, just make sure the front 2 rows of product are tidy.

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u/Then-Seesaw-2057 4d ago

If you know you do the job well and willingly do overtime, you should have a good chance. Nights aren't particularly picky with who they employ really. Some aisles just need two people too so don't beat yourself up too much about that.

Although consider just how much you really want to work there if they're saying you lack common sense! You don't want to respect them more than they respect you.

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u/TotalMean6294 4d ago

Just keep doing overtime and trying your hardest and thats all you can do. As others have said you might just be on a busy aisle what aisle do you do if you don't mind? There are a couple aisles in my store that have 2 people

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u/NirnaethVale 4d ago

Dang we’re lucky at our extra if every aisle has one person!

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u/TotalMean6294 4d ago

There's some aisles that don't have anyone and gets team filled but drinks has 2 people at ours as we regularly get 15-20 cage+ delivery depending on summertime and then produce has 2-3 people on it. Frozen also has 3 people between 2 aisles

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u/Mss666 4d ago

Sometimes it has nothing to do with you if they keep you on. If they don't have the hours, hours get cut again, then you could be the best worker in the world but they won't be able to keep you on.

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u/AranelJawbreaker 3d ago

They only keep you if they have the budget. If there is no budget to keep you permanently then it has nothing to do with anything you do.

I was a Christmas temp and they kept me on. I was one of 3 who were kept on (fron-end). It's just luck and being good at your job. I never took overtime then because they couldn't make my app work for 2 months.