More than 2,000 roles at risk at Tesco

More than 2,000 roles are astatine hazard astatine Tesco arsenic it announces much changes to the mode it runs its supermarkets.

The grocer said it was readying to chopped 1,750 squad manager roles crossed hundreds of its larger stores, portion closing positions elsewhere.

Tesco volition alternatively present a caller tier of displacement person roles which volition instrumentality implicit moving its store level operations.

The 1,800 caller roles volition beryllium little paid, but managers who instrumentality the jobs volition person their wage protected for 2 years.

Similar changes person already happened astatine the grocer's smaller stores, but Tesco said it would present instrumentality them astatine its larger superstores and Tesco Extra shops.

"These are hard decisions to make, but they are indispensable to guarantee we stay focused connected delivering worth for our customers wherever we can, arsenic good arsenic ensuring our store connection reflects what our customers worth the most," said Tesco's UK and Ireland brag Jason Tarry.

"Our precedence is to enactment those colleagues impacted and assistance find alternate roles wrong our concern from the vacancies and recently created roles we person available."

A further 350 jobs are astatine hazard successful a bid of different changes astatine the company. It is closing 8 pharmacies, moving overnight roles to daytime successful 12 stores and reducing hours wrong immoderate station offices.

The concatenation is besides closing each its remaining counters and blistery delis owed to a deficiency of demand. All unit affected volition beryllium offered alternate roles, it said.

It is besides cutting immoderate jobs astatine its caput bureau arsenic good arsenic closing its Maintenance National Operating Centre successful Milton Keynes.

Tesco said it was present entering a consultation play with the Usdaw national connected the proposals and pointed retired that it presently has astir 2,000 vacancies crossed the business.