To whom it may concern,
My wife had been trying to find work for the last two years and when she found out that Tesco is recruiting for the new ‘SUPERSTORE’ in Birmingham, SpringHill, she applied for a checkout job.
Funny enough, Tesco HR contacted her and asked to see her for an interview to which she attended then asked for another interview with a panel of recruiters (As if they are recruiting for physicist role), then she got the job where she went for so many induction days. Recently she got a letter saying that her employment will be terminated on 12th Jan 2011. The issues are the following:
– Tesco knew from the start that we have a child and she asked for flexibility, my wife couldn’t apply for benefits as she is not from this country.
– Tesco mentioned that the induction is paid then store management changed their minds and said it is not.
– Tesco had changed her full time hours to part time hours before my wife asked them to do this and with no notice. They always put the excuse that they told her and tried to say that she might not have understood because of her average command of spoken english.
– Tesco had made her lift heavy things and when she said she can’t, management asked her to try her best. So she accepted this because she wanted to keep her job.
– Tesco have never sent her a contract to sign saying that they only send them after 3 months, so surprise surprise they terminated her employment.
– Tesco have terminated her employment by sending a letter advising that they have already told her verbally about this, this is not right and they have never told her about this.
I think Tesco is abusing its power as a major recruiter and abusing recruitment laws to their advantage. This was done by either bullying people who never had a job before or discriminating against their origin, their level of english language understanding and ignoring their circumstances.
In brief, I think Tesco only care about their profit and they try their best to boost it without any regards to poor people who need every single penny.
I hope someone can give me advice on how to progress this further and who to contact
“Tesco have terminated her employment by sending a letter advising that they have already told her verbally about this”.
They should surely have to provide a warning? I would say she has a pretty good case if this was not the case.
She wasn’t suited to the post so Tescos quite rightly unloaded her. She hadn’t been there two years so she didn’t qualify for the tedious system for getting rid of unwanted staff.
Unfortunately there seems to be an attitude in this country that employees can do what they want but employers must do as they are told. My opinion is that the person paying the wages should have the right to sack anyone for any reason the choose. It is after all their money and they should be able to choose who they give it to.
The reason employment protection legislation exists is not to hinder employers, but to provide a legal framework for dealing with disputes and ensure people are treated fairly. Tesco are subject to the same laws as everyone else, even though they may think that only their customers are required to obey them. Tesco have broken anti-discrimination laws – period.
@Oceaneagle you were born too late this is 2011 not 1911, the days of “he who pays the piper calls the tune” are gone thankfully, and you should be grateful that you now live in an era where they are. Would you rather return to the bad old Victorian days where an employer could stand at his factory gates inspecting a mans hands to see if they was too soft before employing him? I hope for your sake you never find yourself in the position of having to “go cap in hand” to one of the major employers minons trying to prove your worth one day. You sound like a typical product/legacy of the Thatcher era dependant on when you was born.
My age is 70. Which means I have seen major changes in employment law. We have now reached a stage where employers are bound hand and foot to keep on useless staff. Of course I don’t want the days of Victorian sweat shops back. All I am saying is that if someone doesn’t fit the picture for whatever reason then the employer should have the right to fire them.
I just wanted to write down something i have had on my chest for many years. I know i cannot turn back the clock but i feel Tesco has really let me down. I will never forget the way i was treated and humiliated when i did a YTS Scheme back in 1981. Because of Tesco i was robbed of a career. Right from the first day i was asked what i was doing there by the Manager who turned out to be one nasty piece of work.
He even drank in the office whils’t on duty. I even got the blame for labelling the wrong prices on the cans.
Since 1982 when i completed my Training Scheme he wouldn’t let me join the new store. The other manager was asking why he refused my transfer. I have always followed rules and have a good work record. Now whenever i apply for a Tesco position, the latest just yesterday and a complete refusal.
I want to and have the right to know why i am being refused even a chance or interview. I would like to know why, also Waitrose, Asda and quite a few others are doing the same.
I had an interview with tesco dotcom at Enfield on the 1st of September and I am still waiting for a reply from them