Our 470,000 employees serve our millions of customers around the world. We look after and develop them so they can look after our customers. From career development and rewards to community engagement, we aim to be a great place to work.
TARGETS
- Train 97% of retail and DC staff to bronze level, and 85% of our retail staff to silver level through our Training Framework Scheme
- Double the number of people on our Apprenticeship in Retail programme
- Continue to run Managing Disability with Confidence courses in 2009/10
- In 2009 we will communicate our refreshed Values to every member of staff in every country except the US, where they have only just launched the Values
- We will create 26,000 jobs across all the markets in which we operate
- Train 120 personnel managers to manage ethnicity with confidence
PEOPLE PROMISES
We want Tesco to be a great place to work. We promise that when people work for us they will:
- Be treated with respect
- Have an opportunity to get on
- Have a manager who helps me
- Have an interesting job
We are the largest private sector employer in Ireland, South Korea and the UK and provide diverse career opportunities for 470,000 people worldwide – from positions on the shop floor, to roles for managers, buyers, accountants and lawyers.
People grow with us. Many rise from the shop floor to run the shops they work in, or move to other jobs within the business, gaining valuable leadership and professional skills along the way. Access to opportunities keeps people motivated and committed, delivering great service.
We have worked hard to create a culture of trust and respect, where managers help their people to do their jobs. We know people work better when they are given the power to make decisions and take responsibility, and we recognise the work they do and say thank you. We encourage people to learn from their mistakes and challenge conventional thinking.
“The Tesco [regeneration] project is exactly what we want in this country today – private enterprise joining with Government and public agencies … in order to provide people with jobs” – Government
