Currently at Tesco&#x27;s to change departments: security or cash office?

The hours do seem pretty similar. I guess it all comes down to your own peronal preference, do you intend to stay at your current position at Tesco for the foreseeable future or are you planning to move onto Higher Education etc ... at a later date? Personally i would choose the Cash Office position, but only because it seems for myself to develop more employable skills, such as improving your arithmetic and numeric abilities, whilst also highlighting a certain degree of trust being assigned to yourself by your employer for dealing with the copious amounts of cash which Tesco makes :smile:

Although i guess if you like the prospects behind a Security position which can often be erratic with its workload sometimes - e.g., store completely dead and you end up standing at the entrance bored senseless for hours on end, or completely overrun with shoplifters and camera monitoring tasks - then perhaps that would be a better position.

Reply 2

OP

Yeah. I only intend in working full time for one year perhaps two, then go into higher education and start my career which is not involved with Tesco.

Reply 3

NDGAARONDI

Yeah. I only intend in working full time for one year perhaps two, then go into higher education and start my career which is not involved with Tesco.

Well then you need to decide on what you want to study, and which of the two positions would be most beneficial for your application for that particular course.

Reply 4

OP

Don't see how my supermarket job has much to do with a law career to be honest. :/

Reply 5

Montrose

17

Work experience is an important consideration when comparing two very similar applicants.

That said, just having the job is enough, so I would do whichever sounds more appealing. From someone who has worked Cash Office, and has a friend who does Security, do Security. Even if the store is dead, there will be things to do. It's more active, more varied, and requires you to think more.

Reply 6

OP

Well the security vacancy has been filled. Looks like the store manager asked the guy, who previously applied, without considering applications from other people via the front end manager. Spiffing. So it's the cash office - need an interview for that.

Reply 7

Geerththanan

17

I would say go for Cash Office...even though from the last post I see that you have no choice...

With the Cash Office position...you have evenings for your leisure...

Reply 8

OP

Original post by G&#949

With the Cash Office position...you have evenings for your leisure...

Not bothered with working evenings because I've done shifts all around the clock (not meaning constant 24 hour shift mind) but years ago, when I used to work for Sainsbury, I used to work in the in-store bakery and thought of applying to stock control but I left it too late. Ever since being at Tesco I've asked for cash office since it's the nearest thing and now it's available I may as well take my chance.

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Apparently I will interviewed by the personnel manager. With it being a vacancy only advertised internally, would you think the interview process be different? The main apsects they're looking for is numeracy and shift available and the only time I've said no to a shift was because I was in London. I'll ask some questions around in the store since I've come across someone who used to work there.

Get to be team leader (if that really means anything) and told I get paid more for that. People say it's only a £1 but times that by 36.5 each week for at least 52 times plus more, then take off 35% tax. Still take it since I'm saving.

Reply 9

I know a friend of mine who has recently had an interview for an internally recruited position as Team Leader of Non Food. It was very much verbally based, but the questions where still as demanding as that of a candidate applying externally. However because the interviewer is someone who you already have a working relationship with, and they are grading your responses you could argue that a sense of prejudice could be adopted when marking the responses.

Reply 10

OP

Yeah that is what I thought. Did your friend need his ROA with him/her?

Reply 11

NDGAARONDI

Yeah that is what I thought. Did your friend need his ROA with him/her?

It was very much an informal affair. There was no references or paperwork required. I mean since this was an internal recruitment all the information required would be already accessible on the internal database for the managers in the first place.

Reply 12

Muse

13

I worked as a tesco front-end manager at uni in my first year (as well as a front-end team leader at the ripe age of 17, customer service assistant and in the cash office).

Cash office is alright; wouldn't say you need to worry about numeracy though, you just bung the notes into a counter and the computer does it for you!

Slamming the door to the big metal safe is quite fun :redface:

Reply 13

OP

Thanks for the replies.

I have the job description from personnel and by the looks of it you need to be well organised, which isn't really a problem for me.

Reply 14

OP