// Tesco team managers have received a below-inflation pay rise, with some staff reporting a 3% increase, which amounts to a pay cut in real terms.
// The grocer has awarded a greater pay increase for those paid hourly
Thousands of Tesco staff are facing a real-terms pay cut, with a below-inflation pay rise that is significantly lower than the hike received by hourly paid workers.
Tesco team managers, who earn about £30,000 a year, have received as little as a 3% pay rise, according to The Guardian. This is significantly below inflation, which is currently running at nearly 10%.
Meanwhile, team managers have told the newspaper that they have also experienced a notable increase in their workloads due to job cuts across the business.
The below-inflation salary increase comes on the back of pay hikes for Tesco’s hourly staff.
The supermarket revealed last week it would increase the basic hourly rate of pay for store staff by 20p to £10.30, or £10.98 for workers in London, from mid-November. This means that their pay is up 8% this year.
The grocer is also set to bring forward its next pay review for hourly paid workers by three months to January, which is likely to mean another pay rise in the spring.
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A Tesco spokesperson told the newspaper: “We benchmark pay for all roles at Tesco to ensure they are competitive against the market and we’re also mindful of the broader economic pressures our colleagues face.
“Our team managers do brilliant work, day in day out, and in addition to their pay increase this year, they also received a bonus of 4.5% in May. We’re currently speaking to both colleagues and our union representatives to understand how we might be able to support these colleagues further.”
However, one team leader told The Guardian that the bonus was not as reliable as a regular pay increase as it was paid out at Tesco’s discretion and was subject to higher levels of tax.
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Why are tesco bringing forward there pay review to January , it’s normally not paid till July or recent years as late as November . Is it something to do with the minimum wage going up in April and tesco don’t want a forced pay rise to be given to staff. Crafty tesco
11/10 22 All businesses are facing pressure to cut costs with the imminent price rises that will occur in the months to come. This could be the first measure in a series of more to follow. The Discounters have made things tough for others in the same market.
I am wondering what the official policy is of Tesco in relation to discrimination. I, like many others who wish to pay in cash for their purchases, find it very difficult in Tesco stores, particularly at the self service check out machines. Persons with a card (debit) can use any machine but persons, like myself who use cash, find themselves cast out, waiting whilst card holders get preference. I consider that discrimination
We do a brilliant job but get a real-time pay cut. 3% is scandalous compared to our colleagues 6.5% pay rises. I’m all for our colleagues to get this pay rise, they also had a decent pay rise last year compared to us, again no problem with this but find it disgraceful that we as Team Managers are not being matched. We all have bills to pay. Might as well go picking now, would be not far of the pay for a TM in some cases you would make more money with no stress/resposibilities attached. We have now gone two years with poor wage increases. Now being told it will be 2023 till next review.
Pay for line managers is a joke, we see this year’s pathetic offer soon for 2023 while the GAs have had 3 pay rises in a year. Would love my redundancy