[Thad E Ginathom]

I can't believe that, in UK, Tesco is the company most people want to work for! Unless the majority of job seekers are out-of-work middle management looking at a future of shelf stacking (That could so easily have been me).

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

I can't believe that, in UK, Tesco is the company most people want to work for! Unless the majority of job seekers are out-of-work middle management looking at a future of shelf stacking (That could so easily have been me).

You would think so. Even so, there are still a lot of (office) jobs that don’t require shelf stacking. I have googled a bit on Tesco as an employer and they come out pretty good on various forums.

One of the things mentioned is work-life balance. Flexible hours is something lots of people appreciate these days.

All my kids had jobs in various supermarkets whilst they were teenagers/student. Much to my surprise they quite enjoyed it. And they made decent money too.

Jeroen

[Thad E Ginathom]

Very interesting. Thanks, jeroen.

I'd liked to have worked at John Lewis

[Jeroen]

Originally Posted by Thad E Ginathom

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I'd liked to have worked at John Lewis

Get the employee discount on all those fancy high fashion suits?

Jeroen

[Thad E Ginathom]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

fancy high fashion suits?

I would have spent it all on household/kitchen gadgets! They don't have a tools department.

[Samurai]

Originally Posted by Jeroen

Even so, there are still a lot of (office) jobs that don’t require shelf stacking.

True, I personally know two people who worked in Tesco, in IT roles. Often there are more people working in non-retail roles than in store fronts, in these giant retail companies.

[dailydriver]

Writing in the Business Insider, Katie Joll, an American immigrant originally from New Zealand, explains how she fails to feel at home in either country.

Even though I've been in the US for a long time now, I still experience some of the same challenges I did when I first moved here. Plus, I never stopped feeling the pull of home and the family I left behind in New Zealand.

But visiting home doesn't always bring the same comfort it once did, as it can be hard to readjust to a culture I haven't lived with for over a decade.

Sometimes, it feels like I have my heart in two countries... I don't completely belong to either.... my heart is in both countries, and I wouldn't change that...My experience as an expat hasn't felt easy — but at the end of the day, I'm happy I took a chance on myself and followed my heart.

In the two articles linked below, she talks of how societal, financial and cultural differences/gaps have made her transition from a Kiwi to a Yankee (my usage) a slightly difficult and emotionally taxing experience.

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I am trying to.understand whether her views are shaped such because she is specifically thinking as a wife and a mother or is the American zeitgeist a tough nut to crack for everyone, irrespective of gender and cultural-national origins? Would a New Zealander married to an American lady have felt the same way as her?

I know it would sound narrow minded, but the article could as well have been penned by an Indian (of either gender) looking at her/his homeland with nostalgia while trying to route the newborn roots deep into the soil of the newfound home!