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| Tesco's 16,000 jobs drive to reward lockdown temps | Tesco's 16,000 jobs drive to reward lockdown temps |
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| Tesco will create 16,000 new permanent jobs after lockdown led to "exceptional growth" in its online business. | |
| The new posts will include 10,000 staff to pick customer orders from shelves and 3,000 delivery drivers. | The new posts will include 10,000 staff to pick customer orders from shelves and 3,000 delivery drivers. |
| Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, said it expected many of the roles to go to staff who joined them on a temporary basis at the start of the pandemic. | Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket chain, said it expected many of the roles to go to staff who joined them on a temporary basis at the start of the pandemic. |
| More new posts could be created "in the coming months", the firm said. | More new posts could be created "in the coming months", the firm said. |
| Supermarkets scrambled to meet a surge in demand for online deliveries while the UK was in lockdown. | |
| Tesco said online customer numbers had risen from around 600,000 at the start of the pandemic to nearly 1.5m. | |
| Before the pandemic, around 9% of Tesco's sales were online. Now, online sales are 16% of sales, and expected to be worth over £5.5bn this year, the company said. | |
| Tesco UK & Ireland's chief executive Jason Tarry, said: "These new roles will help us continue to meet online demand for the long term, and will create permanent employment opportunities for 16,000 people across the UK." | |
| It comes at a time when competition in the sector is intensifying with Amazon launching more services to supply Morrisons groceries within a few hours of ordering. | |
| Tesco has already created 4,000 new permanent roles since March. The new roles are permanent and a mixture of full and part-time. | Tesco has already created 4,000 new permanent roles since March. The new roles are permanent and a mixture of full and part-time. |
| It is in contrast to others in the retail sector, where High Street companies have been forced to make steep job cuts following lockdown. | |
| Most recently, Marks & Spencer said it would axe 7,000 jobs over three months while Debenhams said it plans to cut a further 2,500 roles. |