Tesco staff will have to clean shelves, fridges and toilets from next month in a decision one employee described as like being "stabbed in the back".
The grocer has announced plans to stop working with contract cleaners in nearly 2,000 of its stores. The work they were doing will be passed on to staff at 1,920 Metro and Express stores.
From August 24 employees will have to clean their own break rooms and toilets, The Guardian reports. They will also have to mop floors and wipe down windows, shelves and fridges.
The change has not been universally welcomed by Tesco staff. “Like it or not there is still a stigma around being a cleaner," one employee told The Guardian. "It’s a big ask when you have been busting a gut on the checkout or
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