Tesco - football final

That's the staffing business model. You only need to give a weeks notice, you can pick up overtime that suits you not the managers, paid by the hour.

@OonaStubbs Monday is the new Saturday for Italy and Spain. Many places open Saturday morning so Monday morning they shut.

Yes shutting at 4pm because it’s a Sunday…

I work until 8pm in a supermarket on Sundays and we’ve been given the option of starting 30 minutes early so we can leave at 7:30, as far as it’s possible they’re trying to make it possible for as many staff as they can to be allowed to move shifts around.

They're paying everyone, according to DS, even those not scheduled to work.

It's because they'll be empty. They've been busy before games, selling alcohol, but very quiet during them, there'll be no point opening.

Our local pub, which doesn't have TVs has also said it's closing, as they've only had a handful of customers during Englaand games.

DS works for Tesco Express and TBH, compared to other retail jobs they seem to look after their staff very well.

As I understand it, all staff are getting paid for those hours, regardless of whether they were scheduled.

That's pretty clever! Good on Tesco.

I'm not a football fan ion any way, shape or form, but will be watching on Sunday , hopefully.

Waitrose seems to be operating normal hours so mumsnetters can breathe a sigh of relief

Lidl are opening late on Monday.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/12/staff-pupils-late-monday-starts-england-euros-final

Tesco aren't doing it because they think customers won't be coming into store, they are doing it because they are worried a large % of their staff will be "sick" and they'd have to close anyway. This is a great PR move on their part.

Wonder if the same will apply to staff in Wales, Scotland and N Ireland as I would be VERY pissed off if I were rostered to work a Sunday evening at a store in Glasgow/Cardiff/Belfast and knew my colleagues in England were getting time off, paid.

What about them? Tesco make decisions about their own workers, not anyone else's. The large majority of people aren't working on Sunday evenings anyway, as most things aren't open. But even for those that are, Tesco aren't going to have access to data on the level of increased absence for, say, bar staff or NHS porters when the football is on. And if they did, it would still be irrelevant.

Ultimately, it doesn't actually matter whether you, the Tesco bosses or anyone else think it's a pathetic work ethic. It's going to happen anyway. Good business sense means making decisions based on the reality you have, not the one you want. Which is why this isn't a remotely silly decision.

No-one is assuming that Tesco workers are more likely to call in sick than those working anywhere else.

But Tesco will already know that there are increased staff sickness levels that coincide with national events or the time around Christmas/NYE.

Just look at the frequent comments on here when people talk about a shift coinciding with something they want to do, they'll have multiple recommendations to call in sick due to stomach upset or COVID, which really was a gift to many as an excuse to get out of pretty much anything they didn't want to do.

But it was Tesco’s decision regarding their own staff, so other workers don’t really matter here.
Other businesses can choose to do the same - or not.

I'll be sure to raise this when Tesco decides to close again for a couple of hours during the next final in 2086 🙂

What about other workers? Why do we assume Tesco staff will call in sick more than any other business, public service? It’s a pathetic work ethic.

Our school has said they will allow DC to go in any time up to 11am on Monday.

Why is it silly? There are multiple practical reasons for Tesco doing this. Avoids the inevitable staffing shortages when people call in sick, means they can't be unfavourably compared to other shops that are doing it, good PR.

Short notice bank holidays are indeed a problem in the NHS, as we learned when the queen died. And I agree we aren't likely to have one even if England win. But a supermarket closing what will only be a minority of their shops a few hours early isn't comparable.

I get that football is important, but this is silly. And of course they can’t make Monday a bank holiday.

I have a clinic of patients to see. Where is the notice to cancel their appointments? That would not be fair on them at all. If they want to organise a bank holiday, it has to be done in a planned way. They can’t just suddenly give everybody Monday off.

Anyway I reckon we will lose 3-0 I reckon so it’s all a moot point really!

Completely agree with you op. I was duty on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day & all that week on the late shift. Think i finished at 10pm on Christmas Eve but still did my midnight finish the rest of the week. Yet can go home early Sunday for the football. Madness!

Yep.

This came up last time when various things were closed, opening late on Monday etc, especially schools. Sometimes it's a good idea for an organisation to plan in advance for something they know is going to happen anyway, try and turn a negative into a positive. People will call in sick at a higher rate than usual on Sunday evening. No point pretending otherwise, might as well get the good PR.

This is the thing with football, you can't get away from it, it's everywhere

It’s everywhere because there are loads of people who enjoy it.
It’s a bit like complaining that Christmas is everywhere.
Sure, there are other sports and other religions, but this is what the majority of people choose to celebrate in this country.
I’m not even into football myself fwiw, but it doesn’t baffle me that there is one type of sport that is more popular than others.

When Spain win there will be some idiots who would take out their upset on supermarket staff, so for once they are being considered. Hope that now extends to staff being supported when entitled or worse behaviour happens from some customers.

I popped to Sainsbury’s just before the kick off when they played last week, it was bliss, totally deserted.

Well Sunday evening, albeit not quite late as 9 pm is the traditional time matches are played in Spain and Italy at least.

Plus Sunday is also Wimbledon finals day so they've probably timed it to not clash with that.

It only seems odd if you have a mindset that football happens on Saturday afternoon. Once you realise that it works differently in other countries then it seems fine.

We tried to order a pizza during England’s match on Sunday. Almost all of the restaurants on Uber Eats were closed/collection only. We ended up collecting, and the guy in the restaurant told us that there was only one driver making himself available. I wonder if other areas have had a similar situation , and think it’s better for business to just say ‘no’, than have people waiting hours and hours.

Playing 9pm on a Sunday night just seems such a bizarre choice