hacked off with tesco

OpenToSuggestions · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:43

right i work at tesco one eve a week as a student.
not only do they always short staff us rediculusly on trolleys, now 3 yes 3 out of the flood lights in the carpark work!! bare in mind it is an extra store so its biiiiiiiig. its almost pitch black out there and im still expected to work. they have even been broken for 3 weeks now!!

Surely this is illegal as there must be some rule against working light conditions. Just think if a customer gets hit by a car and claims off tesco they'l be liable for thousands! I no for a fact that if i get injured due to it being too dark there will be trouble.

To top it all off there are loads of rude boy chavs who like to sit on the carpark wheelspinning etc. Also there is a sex offender on the loose in the local area who strieks outside the union, but this carparks surely a likely spot for an attack.

any thoughts on this?

A2Z · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:44

mglover070588 said:
3 yes 3 out of the flood lights in the carpark work!!

what's wrong with that?

OpenToSuggestions · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:46

A2Z said:
what's wrong with that?

only the lights directly outside the shop work and the carparks huge its dangerous thats whats wrong

pyro · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:48

So, three out of a total of three lights work, that's 100%! :cool:

dafloppyone · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:48

mglover070588 said:
Also there is a sex offender on the loose in the local area who strieks outside the union, but this carparks surely a likely spot for an attack.

any thoughts on this?

lube ??

pyro · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:49

dafloppyone said:
lube ??

If he is "loose" he doesn't need lube!

Azagoth · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:53

Would that be the Union Hotel or the student union?

OpenToSuggestions · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:57

student union

trojan698 · 11 Mar 2007 at 00:58

Quit.

benneh · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:03

Buy a torch TBH, they'd prolly give you a little discount, maybe even a discount on the batteries.

Rebelius · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:06

Apply for a transfer to front end - it's much easier and you get a better wage too.

Psycho Sonny · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:09

i suggest you quit and then start working for the enemy asda - that will teach them

Azagoth · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:11

Or Sainsburys in Stoke! I can safely attest to the fact that all their lights work and there no chavvy types on the car park.

OpenToSuggestions · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:13

Azagoth said:
Or Sainsburys in Stoke! I can safely attest to the fact that all their lights work and there no chavvy types on the car park.

lol i dont go stoke its right run down

except from the OC shop of course I go there sometimes.

Rebelious whats the front end wage?? i will have been ther a year next month and I think i should get 6.01 an hour then

Azagoth · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:14

...please tell me you're not at the Longton Tesco! Longton is even worse than Stoke!

MNuTz · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:18

find out who your health and safety rep is and complain to them about it.

Ive just been made a health and safety rep at work and i reported that the car park was unlit and dangerous, a week later we had a flood light fitted.

If that doesnt work, and there are no CCTV cameras, hobble into the store half way through your shift and tell your boss youve had an accident. They will have to write it in the accident book and pass that on to your health and safety manager. Tell them that you tripped over a curb or stumbled in a pot hole (if there is any) due to it being too dark.

I know that i wrong but in most cases companies wont do anything until its too late, we've only just got PPE for cleaning up battery spills, pity we didnt have them when i got battery acid in my eye. Its better to fib and get something done now, then wait until its a customer that goes over. An old granny with a busted hip would not be good for business.

EDIT: ive just come back from Tescos in newcastle under lyme, the one opposite halfords/macdonalds (i think pet city may still be there). That Tesco was ok apart from the remodelling going on!

OpenToSuggestions · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:20

Azagoth said:
...please tell me you're not at the Longton Tesco! Longton is even worse than Stoke!

i switch between uttoxeter (home) and loughborough (uni). The one with the problem is lboro

God no i wouldnt go longton id have my wheels stolen!

ive told the manager several times its dangerous. Even a car crash in the carpark could be claimed off tesco if there is insuffiecient lighting (welltheres none)

EDIT: even the mobile flood light with generator round the back near the staff entrance has run out of fuel and has stopped working. they are useless

zain · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:23

Tell the press, the more bad reputation Tesco get the better for us all!

MNuTz · 11 Mar 2007 at 01:31

mglover070588 said:
i switch between uttoxeter (home) and loughborough (uni). The one with the problem is lboro

God no i wouldnt go longton id have my wheels stolen!

ive told the manager several times its dangerous. Even a car crash in the carpark could be claimed off tesco if there is insuffiecient lighting (welltheres none)

EDIT: even the mobile flood light with generator round the back near the staff entrance has run out of fuel and has stopped working. they are useless

got an address and contact number for them?

I will make a customer complaint for you

zain said:
Tell the press, the more bad reputation Tesco get the better for us all!

why? just a grudge or some juicy gossip?

Rebelius · 11 Mar 2007 at 02:11

i think the base rate for front end is about 50p more than everything else if you're a GA. I did trolleys at a tesco back home for the last 2 summers, can't say I'd fancy doing it all year round though. My flatmate (and ex) has been working for Tesco for 3years now.