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<\/p>\nA WOMAN who used to work at Tesco has revealed why the supermarket role was a nightmare for her. <\/p>\n
Eleanor worked for the supermarket for a full seven years, but decided to share a video explaining the things they "don't tell you about when you start working at Tesco".<\/p>\n
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"You're basically required to be open every single day of the week – you have to be very flexible with your hours," she claimed in her TikTok. <\/p>\n
"You have to be open to work basically every single day.<\/p>\n
"You can't choose which day you work, it just has to be whatever day is free, basically.<\/p>\n
"So if you don't want to work weekends, don't go for a job there. <\/p>\n
"Because the majority of times they need weekend staff more than they need weekday staff.<\/p>\n "There's no flexibility."<\/p>\n Eleanor added that it was apparently "frowned upon" if she went home at the time her shift ended. <\/p>\n "God forbid you had an actual life outside of that job," she sighed. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "The expectations are so high for literally working in a supermarket, it's a bit ridiculous really."<\/p>\n And things got a whole lot worse around Christmas, she claimed. <\/p>\n Eleanor said that Tesco, or any supermarket, isn't the place to work if you want time off around Christmas, Easter or New Year. <\/p>\n In Tesco's case, they only close on Christmas Day and Easter Sunday – they're open the other 363 days of the year. <\/p>\n But Eleanor alleged that the holidays "don't really exist" in a supermarket if you're working there. <\/p>\n She's also worked during the Christmas period, which she doesn't advise either. <\/p>\n "Working in a supermarket over Christmas time is probably the most hellish thing I've ever experienced in my whole, entire life," she said. <\/p>\n "And obviously every other supermarket is exactly the same so I'm not just saying it's Tesco – every single supermarket during any holidays is just awful."<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the video, Eleanor claimed that Tesco promotes a "team environment" for staff but then tells them off anytime they talk to a fellow employee. <\/p>\n It's also frowned upon if they take theirbreak when it's busy, she alleged. <\/p>\n Eleanor also claimed that there's a new policy which involves each member of staff being able to work in any department.<\/p>\n But she managed to dodge that as it was introduced as she left. <\/p>\n "I luckily managed to dodge checkouts for the full seven years that I worked there," she said. <\/p>\n "Checkouts just seem like a hellhole to me!"<\/p>\n People were quick to comment on Eleanor's video, with one writing: "Unfortunately this is 90% of retail jobs".<\/p>\n "I think everyone should be required to work in retail, especially at Christmas just once in their lives, cos it is hell on earth," another added. <\/p>\n "I don't miss retail! I never used to stay a minute later," a third wrote. <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/superdrug.jpg\")
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