Bunnings Employee Reviews in Brisbane QLD

Great first job. Stayed almost 10 years. Opportunities to progress but got a degree and moved on. Staff always supportive and up for a laugh..........

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Well paid casual rates, bonuses good for retail

Customer service representative (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 12 November 2021

Worked at Bunnings 6.5years, have had experience in every department/position there is. There is a big difference in how much you’ll enjoy this job depending on the position. The management is usually a bit of a joke. However, working with a diverse range of ages can be fascinating. Depending on the role, you can leave work and not think about it till you come in the next time, or you can bring home the stress of working in an unsupported department. It’s a typical retail job, but on a larger scale. I would say I enjoyed it, although I stayed too long and ended up seeing the worst sides of the business, which left me with a bad taste in my mouth. There are others that have worked there part time and pursued other endeavours, who have a lot more joy in their lives compared to the long term/full time employees.ConsThere is periods as casuals that you will not be given hours and therefore may go months without pay due to “budget”, which can be incredibly stressful on those without work and those that have to make up for the lack of staff support. As a multimillion dollar company, this is unacceptable. However, if you are related to managers or favoured by them, don’t worry as you will be given hours, whilst others starve. All coordinators receive $10,000 bonuses whilst patting themselves on the back for walking around, looking busy and gossiping about low level employees (this has happens at every store I’ve worked at).

Pros

Casuals are paid $30+ ph, part time and full time $25+, Bonuses for full time employees are around $800 and you receive Bunnings gift vouchers at Xmas

Cons

Management, Entitled customers, lack of support from management, lack of action when employees have been harassed by other employees

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Based on 45 survey responses

What people like

Fair pay for job
Feeling of personal appreciation

Areas for improvement

Support from manager
Sense of belonging
Supportive environment

No work life balance, bullying

Retail Staff (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 2 April 2021

The bonuses are nice when you get them, the discounts are great too, the shares they offer to you after working a year on is good, the team is good, the pay could be better, the banked hours are terrible and never work in your favor, the work life balance is abysmal and non existent, management not leadership is what you usually get and lack of integrity to boot, it's a great place to shop but another thing entirely to work in. My advice don't do it and if you do only short term.

Pros

Dress up days, occasional bonuses, shares and all your entitlements

Cons

No work/ life balance and bad culture

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I would only suggest that people I hate work here

Shelf stacker, checkout (Current Employee) - Brisbane - 12 November 2020

The atmosphere at bunnings is toxic. Managment is bullying to you, I was once mocked for not being able to pull a heavy pallet with a manual pallet jack due to a severe shoulder injury. When I told him I could not do the job and he laughed at me, he then got mad at me for not completing the job. I'm sorry but that's just toxic behaviour.Some coworkers are good, if you can relate to them. 80% of all employees just complain about their life, and are grumpy and snap at you all the time. I've been yelled at by numerous coworkers in my department for helping other departments. I've even had one coworker go to a store manager to complain that I was helping other employees? Work place gossip is real. Workers will make up rumours and spread them, and coworkers are always telling you some story about someone who's working there. A very toxic workplace. If management don't like you, they'll get rid of your shifts. When casual, I gave 3 weeks notice to go on a 3 day holiday. My manager told me that because of this he was going to cut my hours. I went from 30 hours a week to 5. All because I took a 3 day trip. By law, as a casual I had no obligation to take assigned shifts, and I even gave 3 weeks notice. They will constantly hire new employees to look good to the public. What some people don't realise that when they hire too many people, some employees aren't going to get shifts. I haven't had a single shift in a year, and they've had 4 influxes of new employees. This is often referred to as 'lost in the system' by other employees, and will happen to you if you don't suck up to the -

Pros

Good pay for retail position

Cons

Toxic management, bullying workplace

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Customer service assistant (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 26 March 2020

Fun place to work but can also be stressful. Team members great to work with. Good place to get lots of customer service experience. Would work there again.

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timber yard (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 29 December 2019

worked in a qld store. was great at first with the idea of a cuture an promises of possible furtherment of my carreer,, with 70 other staff being told the same thing.

Pros

free lunch not bad pay free stuff staff discounts training

Team Member Warehouse (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 28 July 2019

Very good management and staff are very friendly tips approach. Every body works as a team and help one and other. The environment makes you feel at home.

Pros

Good working environment.

Cons

None

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Team Member (Former Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 3 February 2019

just here for work experience and all I did was restock and replenish furnitures. Lunch breaks were cool thats about it. Everyones on their own buzz so I really didn't learn much.

Pros

Two breaks

Cons

Stocking returned items

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Team Member (Casual) (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 29 January 2019

I felt restricted by the team as I couldn't be guaranteed hours yet was consistently told I would be spoken to about it. However, the culture at Bunnings is that of team and Customer come first.

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Good culture , stable business

Complex Manager (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 24 January 2019

Undergoing a lot of change and trying to be too many things to too many people. Trying to provide service but maintain low cost of operations. Like any retailer transitioning at the moment too much focus on new plans and not enough listening to stores in aim of supporting them given they make the money.

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Stable income and good working environment.

Customer Sevice (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 19 November 2018

Bunnings is a great first job. You can learn so much about general work ethic, time management and advanced training courses. The management and team are friendly and encouraging of your progression.

Pros

Good pay, fun team, decent management

Cons

Demanding at times, plenty of work, difficult customer

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Productive Workplace

Team Member (Part Time) (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 20 September 2018

There's always something to do at Bunnings, whether it's assisting customers, putting away stock, going to training to advance your knowledge. It's a fast paced but fun environment to be in.

Pros

free lunches, additional training

Cons

rosters are sometimes a mess

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Great place to work if you have a contract as casual budget is always in jeopardy

Casual Retail Assistant (Current Employee) - Brisbane QLD - 2 August 2018

Just wish that they would think about moving casuals into positions at new stores rather than hiring new people and having the casuals suffer with lack of shifts as a result

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