Mercadona hiring staff

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Radio Sintonia:

Mercadona will hire about 300 people for the summer campaign in the Canary Islands.

Mercadona, a company of physical supermarkets and online sales, plans to hire about 300 people for the summer campaign of 2023 during the month of May and until the end of September in the Canary Islands. Specifically, 200 jobs will be offered in the province of Las Palmas and 80 in Sta. Cruz de Tenerife. The objective is to reinforce its staff during this period to guarantee the excellence of the service in the 86 stores in the area and in the logistics blocks of Ingenio and Granadilla, a time that coincides with the arrival of tourists and the vacations of the rest of the staff.

Mercadona informs that job offers are available in its Employment Portal, where the conditions of the position are described, such as the initial remuneration of 1,507 euros per month gross, or that no previous experience is required, since all receive specific training adapted to each position. Likewise, the company explains that the new additions will become part of a team characterized by teamwork, with a vocation for customer service and capacity for constant improvement.

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Radio Sintonia:

Mercadona shares 600 million euros in bonuses with its workforce, 50% more than in 2023.

Mercadona's Management Committee has decided, as part of the profit-sharing strategy, to distribute an additional half bonus among the more than 100,000 people who make up the company (in the Canary Islands it has more than 4,600 workers) in addition to the bonus for objectives that it traditionally distributes each year. In this way, the company distributes 600 million euros with its workforce, 50% more than in 2023, a year in which the total amount distributed was 405 million euros.

Since Mercadona's shareholders launched this initiative in 2001, the company has distributed more than 5,580 million euros to workers. This figure reflects their commitment to shared growth and mutual benefit.
In March, workers, from the first year and if they reach the goals and objectives agreed at the beginning of the year, will receive an extra monthly payment in their payroll, an amount that will amount to two monthly payments once they exceed five years of seniority; And exceptionally this year, they will also receive an extra premium corresponding to half of their monthly payment.

This measure makes it clear that Mercadona's workers are primarily responsible for the company's success, who have once again confirmed that they are the greatest asset for the "Bosses" (as the company internally calls customers). Its commitment to the constant improvement of production efficiency and management has resulted in the highest quality and most economical Menu Cart on the market, making it chosen by more people every day, which is leading to a significant increase in the number of customers who make their purchases at Mercadona, consolidating its growth and the
constant increase in its market share.

Mercadona sources highlight the decision because: "The exceptional commitment of the more than 100,000 people who make up Mercadona to improve the experience of our "Bosses" every day, the quality of our products and the constant implementation of technological and innovative improvements that make our processes more efficient by facilitating our routine work, is why, that we have earned this year half a monthly bonus more, which we have to add to the one that corresponds to us, one or two monthly payments, depending on our seniority in the company".

Pioneer in work-life balance and progress Mercadona's Human Resources policy is characterised by the promotion of work-life balance for its staff. In Spain, in 2020, the company implemented, in a pioneering way in the sector, the five-day working day and two days off (5+2) in stores with at least 8 weekends a year off. This last measure is being progressively extended in 2024 and will end in 2025 to workers in beehives (exclusive warehouses for
online sales) and
those in logistics blocks.