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Bunnings is a good first time job offering young people a wide range of skills. Customers can be problematic however managers assist you when available.
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Met some great people

Not enough team members on the shop floor.Weekly gap check makes the job mentally stressful.Too many family members were employed at the store.Some managers a very disrespectful in the way they talk to their team members.

Pros

Free lunches and snacks/per month

Cons

Overtime is paid in BOH, they owe you hours, not money.
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Depends on store management

Some stores are awesome and some are just full of the deadweight management that the area managers are too afraid to sack. Can result in a hugely toxic work environment and even with multiple complaints to HR nothing gets done but a slap on the wrist and a slight demotion.
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People are good but it's pretty understaffed

At most Bunnings stores there's an expectation to be friendly to each other and so new team member are usually welcomed pretty easily and not intimidated by long term staff. The pay for casuals is very good, especially if you're student, and unless you're a bad worker you're pretty much guaranteed hours so don't go on a contract unless you absolutely need it. The in store managers are okay. A big focus is put on mental health and they're usually pretty understanding and supportive when it comes to that. The problem is with the higher ups in the big offices.Literally every Bunnings store is understaffed because each store is not given enough of a budget to put adequate staff on each shift, despite us working through two Covid outbreaks and making record profits for them. Workers are tired, run down, and just as upset that customers can't find anyone to help as much as customers are. Closing shifts were a rushed nightmare and mess would pile up around you as you had to attend to customers first and couldn't complete other duties. Managers usually have to cover the lack of floor staff and become frustrated and stressed when they can't complete their own tasks. The only upside is that everyone struggles together. Lunch rooms are either a therapy session or a place to nap. If you can handle heat, constant loud noises and constantly jumping between customers and your own tasks while understaffed, then you can handle Bunnings.

Pros

Good pay, friendly coworkers

Cons

Understaffed, stressful, extreme temperatures
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Toxic management, decent pay

Overall, it can be decent if you have good managers. A lot of them seem to lack social awareness or training to deal with their employees, and this ends up creating quite a toxic workplace. If you’re a casual, don’t bother saying no to shifts - other shifts will be removed if you say no to anything. Other than that, if you enjoy doing long hours and having to suck up to managers for shifts, you’ll do well here.

Pros

Sometimes there’s pizza. Casuals get bonuses and sick leave.

Cons

Terrible management, not a place to work if you’re studying as they don’t really care about your schedule.
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helped me build work experience in customer service and develop knowledge of products and trades

It was a learning experience for me, in terms of DIY knowledge and product knowledge for a wide array of jobs. The management wasn't good however, they would push employees out of their position if you weren't viewed as competent enough; rather than training the individual. There were cliques in the team however I did develop great friendships too.
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Lovely place to work and great team

Depends on the store you are at, but the teams can be wonderful to work with. You also have an opportunity to learn a lot about all areas of home diy and trade skills.

Pros

Good work environment and good training

Cons

None
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productive and fun

management doesn’t consider flexibility in rosters. constant abusive customers expecting you to know everything when barely any training is provided.

Pros

co workers

Cons

stressful
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Good salary, but culture will vary heavily store to store

Even from the right side of the line, bunnings management is largely a boys club. There is a lot of talk of advancement, however very few people actually get this chance, no matter how qualified. On the bright side, they pay well, and are very willing to work within your availabilities. Stores that meet or exceed targets are often given gifts from head office for all employees, as well as a christmas present each year which can range from a google mini to a wellness diary. The employee discount is good, and now extends to officeworks, target and kmart.Once you've completed your training, they will be loathed to get rid of you and you are also able to request transfers between stores, which is handy if you end up moving.

Pros

Good pay, Flexibility in rostering, Shares in wesfarmers after 2 years of work, Very hard to lose your job once trained

Cons

Incestuous management, Few actual opportunitues to progress a career, Predominantly male leadership, Inability to fire long term employees, no matter how poorly they perform.
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Fun co-workers but management is hit or miss, just depends on how lucky you get

Just another number really, but good experience for a first job. Don't expect management to care about your mental wellbeing. Typical retail job, not amazing and not bad.

Pros

Good penalty rates

Cons

Exhausting work, no career progression really
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Can be ok- if you put in the hard work and have a positive, friendly attitude

I think the hardest part of the job is always learning how to fit into the environment. In a general sense, just be friendly and polite, and you will hopefully get along with your co-workers, but there is always naturally some disagreements that happen. I learned how to manage my stress levels, improve my communication skills and more important skills such as honesty, kindness and patience, because most of the employees are really good people.
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The best student job one could have

Being able to study and work has taught me a lot of time management skills. But also the flexibility I experienced at Bunnings with my timetabling for uni classes helped me to advance my studies. It is always a wonderful place to come to thanks to the people I work with.
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Productive and Enjoyable

Learnt great communication skills. Cash and food handling as well. There was no "hardest" part of the job but I did struggle cooking the sausages and onions when the weather is 30+ degrees over there but we fixed that little issue with ice & icy drinks from the esky. Most enjoyable part for me was the process of it all. From chopping the onions the night before and vacuum sealing them and the sausages so its fresh and ready to cook the when needed to taking a customers order, to calculating the total in my head, to cooking and delivering a fresh sausage sandwich.

Pros

Free food and drinks provided.

Cons

Clean and pack up was a pain.
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Dealing with different tasks daily

busy, non stop warehouse. working with different people. never boring. having to deal with the cold at winter would be the downside. driving the forklift would be the best part.

Pros

all day shifts available

Cons

not enough pay
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Excellent Culture

Bunnings was a very enjoyable job with a great workplace culture. All team members got along very well and made it a fun and exciting place to work. The large team felt more like a family and everyone got along with each other. The work was enjoyable simply for the team that you work with, making the jobs get done quickly and easily without it feeling like a chore.

Pros

Excellent workplace culture

Cons

Early starts and Late finishes (team was present from 5am - 12am)
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Good work ethic.

Working for Bunnings is a great opportunity to hone one's sales and customer service skills. Apart from serving customers, I enjoyed ordering plants and other stock items using a modern APP facility.
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Fun workplace

Bunning has a fun culture. they promoted people within the group. Training and development is unique best. Work life balance is good. reward and recognition is good as well.
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Heaven if you not looking for promotion or pay raise

The team culture is wonderful, totally easy going. The leadership team can be really good mentors. The store is large which is very good for people to understand big retail business. The tasks have very low difficulty But The bottleneck of pay raise comes really early, 60k is almost the top if you are not part of the store leadership which is only 2% of the team. There is chance you could get one of the store leadership members with really low awareness of how human mind works (ZERO ideas of people skill)

Pros

easy going enviroment

Cons

44k - 60k for 98% of team
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Development through Training and various ways

Good place to work. Training Provided. Helpful Management. Friendly Environment. Flexible Hours. Prioritising my values. Payment on time. Understanding my ability.
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Productive and fun

I had a fun experience while on work placement. I have learned skills such as problem-solving and decision making, as well as develop better communication skills.

Pros

becoming independent
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A fun place to be!

Helping customers with different problems is fun! Management is great if you stick to your guns and get the job done! Everyone respects each other and is happy for some banter. Hardest part of job is grumpy customers ahah. Most enjoyable is morning trade brekky!!

Pros

Trade brekkie

Cons

Long Hours
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3.7 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance
3.7 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits
3.5 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
3.3 out of 5 stars for Management
3.7 out of 5 stars for Culture

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