Bunnings Employee Reviews for Team Member

Everyone who you work with is friendly and productive. Whilst working at Bunnings I have picked up important life values I am able to apply towards my every day basis. Bunnings also put their employees & customer safety before anything. Everyone was to be kept within a safe environment at all times, and since working within a hardware store, some would believe this would be hard to manage, but Bunnings offer excellent training in order to assure everyone Is safe.

Pros

Always allowed to have a break

Cons

No many shifts being casual employee

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Bunnings insights

Based on 38 survey responses

What people like

Inclusive work environment
Fair pay for job
Feeling of personal appreciation

Areas for improvement

Supportive environment
Sense of belonging
Support from manager

Educational and fun

Team Member (Current Employee) - Nowra NSW - 15 July 2019

Enjoyed learning lots of new things and being part of a team. Great training provided for us all to be aware of safety for ourselves and others. Diverse range of duties to keep you interested and opportunity for advancement.

Pros

Staff discount

Cons

not enough shifts

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Team Member (Former Employee) - Geelong VIC - 15 July 2019

Bunnings was a great job to work in, great opportunity to grow in the business and progress up the chain. a lot of trades coming in through the door with the opportunity to find an apprenticeship or labouring job with a trade

Pros

A lot progression and free luches from bosses

Cons

not enough hours

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fun and good team members

Team Member (Former Employee) - West Gosford NSW - 13 July 2019

I enjoyed working with Bunnings, management at the time i was there was terrible. I did gain lots customers service skills and time management skills. I really enjoyed the interaction with the customers. Good place to work but very hot in summer and cold in winter.

Pros

staff discount, shares, free lunches

Cons

hot summer, cold winter

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Big Company, but big fun

Team Member (Former Employee) - Melbourne VIC - 4 June 2019

I found Bunnings to be a great place to work. I moved houses a couple of times during my tenure with them, and they helped me to transfer into different departments and different stores to make my commute less troublesome. It can be daunting with lots of levels of management, but the team and culture are pretty awesome. Also, who doesn't like a snag! The money is decent, the share package is great for long time team members, and it's a pretty easy place to work. By that I mean, it's not difficult to go to work and spend time with friends whilst performing work tasks.

Pros

Constant fun and things like themed days, and free lunches etc.

Cons

Retail can be difficult over holiday periods, and there are too many layers of management.

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Productive and Fun

Team Member (Current Employee) - Port Kennedy WA - 2 June 2019

Great place to work, it's fun and productive as well as gives their employees great benefits and allows their employees to progress in their careers in a good time frame. The management is great and they care a lot about their workers

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Productive and fun workplace

Team Member - Full time (Former Employee) - Campbelltown NSW 2560 - 31 May 2019

everyone works together as a team, they have many courses to learn about each product,that you can choose at your own pace. They have online courses for workers to learn and be aware about work hazards are very strict on safety.

Pros

Snags on weekends

Cons

Gets very hot during summer

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The work place was always positive and always provided a variety of jobs for me to complete.

Team Member (Part Time) (Former Employee) - Keperra QLD - 19 May 2019

The job was an excellent opportunity to learn and further develop new skills such as customer service, teamwork, management of time, adapting to any given job. The typical day consisted of 6 hours of work which was normally spent helping customers, counting stock, shelving stock or opening shipments from outside clients. The most enjoyable part of the job was certainly working with other team members and the hardest part of the job was trying to learn the placement of items in the warehouse. Overall the culture and environment in the job was great and positive.

Pros

Having 3 Breaks

Cons

Big warehouse.

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Productive, great work culture and staff.

Team member of homes department (Current Employee) - Robina QLD - 8 May 2019

The hardest part of the job is helping a customer when they dont know what they actually need. I learned a great many things the main thing is manual handling, I use this in my daily life now and is a great help.

Pros

The hourly rate

Cons

All casuals were cut from the store

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Good place to work with room to advance

Trade Team Member (Current Employee) - Lismore NSW - 30 April 2019

Great training for new recruits ensuring that new team members are confident and well prepared to confidently assist and advice the customers. Recruitment process very involved and lengthy but a good experience to have gone through. Once again - the company wants to ensure that they are employing the right people. Good variety of positions as you often get moved between departments allowing the employees to develop knowledge across many different areas.

Pros

Good workplace culture

Cons

Not enough shifts

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Good place to work at in general

Team Member (Former Employee) - West Footscray VIC - 24 March 2019

Work was quite physical or involved standing a lot. Involved having to know their IT systems which weren't the best at times. There were too much safety regulation. I don't know if they were truly concerned for your wellbeing or just trying to avoid a lawsuit. You basically had to wrap yourself in bubble wrap to work there. Can't walk on pallets, can't bend the back, 2 person lift everywhere, gotta use blunt safety knives that can't cut butter. I left because the new management wasn't very good and my knees can no longer handle long grueling hours of standing. And I've been there for too long and it was getting depressive the longer I stayed there. The team members that worked there were pretty nice.

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Engaging and team orientated

Causal Team Member (Current Employee) - Carlingford NSW - 1 March 2019

Enjoyable workplace that throws fun challenges with a strong focus on maintaining strong team work. A great place to work. The environment is one that allows you to develop new skills and knowledge everyday.

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Work Experience

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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Ok

Team Member grade 4 (Current Employee) - Bathurst NSW - 30 January 2019

Not a bad place to work has reasonable pay store culture is improving staff discount is very good bonuses are paid each year however working conditions can be difficult

Pros

Staff discount

Cons

Long hours difficult working conditions

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Fine

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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Great place to work

Casual Team Member (Former Employee) - Belmont NSW - 8 January 2019

very helpful and supportive team members and management, considerate of outside activities when rostering. ie school and weekend sport. The company gives you opportunities to move up to management.

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Enjoyable

Team Member (Casual) (Current Employee) - Bathurst NSW - 3 January 2019

- Typical day at work, stack shelves, help customers with finding products and suggesting the right product. - What I have learned is the retail environment. - Management is interesting at best. - Workplace culture is generally good. - The hardest part of the job is working out what some customers actually want. - The most enjoyable part is working with and meeting a wide variety of people.

Pros

Meeting people

Cons

The work rules change daily and you only find out in hindsight

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Great friendly people

Team Member (Casual) (Former Employee) - Mount Isa QLD - 7 December 2018

Great company culture, supportive and positive toward all ages and experience levels. If there is a new skill you would like to learn don't hesitate to ask. The job is what you make of it.

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Great team to work with.

Team member - Toolshop (Current Employee) - Launceston TAS - 24 October 2018

All in all it wasnt a bad place to work. Work life balance isn't very good though and management aren't very helpful when trying to negotiate this. There is also a culture of Management having favorites and unless your in that link, career progression is effectively non existant.

Pros

Bonuses and shares annually

Cons

Management are difficult to negotiate with

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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.