Store manager trainee Review

The program was a 3 year degree chartered management Programme with Tesco, with the hopes of becoming a store manager at the end of the programme at an Express store.

I have met some good colleagues in the business but in terms of new tangible skills I’d say no.

I enjoyed my store placement, I met some good people in the business and enjoyed meeting new people from the college also.

With such a large organization, I hoped Tesco would have some organization when it came to the programme. However, it was very chaotic at times and candidates were often drip fed information of the programme which did not help. It was overall a negative experience.

The support we received was little to none, My Programme manager often did not reply to emails or messages when it was important, overall made the experience negative.

I cannot fault the training provider, they were helpful to the point they could be. But ultimately I was with them one day a week.

Unfortunately I did not complete the programme as I resigned due to the feedback mentioned above, but had it been a successful apprenticeship I think it would have been a great apprenticeship.

No

No

Well, had it been just myself who had a negative experience and just resigned I would give the benefit of the doubt to Tesco. However, when several candidates decide to resign because of the programme handling then it becomes an issue.

Think carefully, understand the progress of the programme and look into the company to see if this is what you really want.