r/Bunnings

For me it is always when they show you a blurry screenshot of a completely random item from an American DIY blog and ask exactly what aisle it is in

Hey guys, I recently quit my part time job at Bunnings and it’s been over a week now since I officially left, and I got my last pay check today however only received the one shift I worked prior.. would you guys know when I get my annual leave paid out? Ty!

I found a specific milwaukee drill kit online at a smaller tool store for fifty bucks cheaper than the shelf price at my local warehouse. The policy says they will beat it by ten percent but every time I try to claim it the manager finds some tiny loophole like the model number having a different suffix or the competitor being out of stock

I am thinking about picking up some extra hours on the night fill crew to balance out my uni timetable. Can anyone give me an honest breakdown of what the pace is actually like? I don't mind hard work, but I want to know if they expect you to move mountains of pallets in complete silence or if it is a bit more relaxed than the day shifts

Bought a decent sized fiddle leaf fig last weekend, brought it straight home, put it in a spot with indirect sunlight, and watered it exactly how the tag said. It has already dropped half its leaves and looks completely dead. Will bunnings actually take it back under that perfect match guarantee or am I out of pocket?

Is it b safe or speak up?

Spent twenty minutes looking for a specific screwdriver set today only to find it tucked away on a random end cap nowhere near the actual hand tools. Every store feels completely different

Bonus: How do I quit a job? Do I just call my boss and say hey I’m quitting?

Been casual at Bunnings for 8 or so years while jumping between various qualifications since high school.

Mainly worked in builders hardware but have been through almost every section by now. Shifts started drying up and it got harder and harder to make money and balance uni.

Anyway my “leader” offered me a part time gate contract, every Friday and Saturday. I’m 2 months in and it’s making me hate this job so much. Standing in one spot, opening up toolboxes etc like a border security agent has me feeling yuck most of the time. I straight up just don’t care enough about loss prevention… but when you’re a broke uni student who is lucky to have $10 in savings you’ll do anything for money.

I’ve never really been the person to take days off (unless I’m genuinely sick) and have been a very reliable employee. But man, working the gate every shift has me questioning if I should even rock up most days.

I’ve been offered a part time job elsewhere that will pay double, just not sure how to go about it with the team leader…. Who I re assured I will do it long term 🙃

Any advice much appreciated.

Does anyone else think Bunnings delivery is ordinary? I ordered some in stock decking last week, paid $170 delivery because of the long lengths, and a week later it still hasn't arrived. I was told "we've been busy mate, it should be there by Friday", but over a week for a local delivery seems a piss poor effort

Update edit: a lot of consensus is that I fucked up, it wasn’t my business to report it, and that the employee will likely face some level of consequences either formal or informal.

I’m really sad that this is highly likely the case when the employee did nothing wrong, the equipment failed them due to no fault of her own, and I guess I am spoiled in my place of employment - if we get hurt on the job, we get looked after. This should be the case for everyone.

I just thought that if in 5 years time she had a long term injury linked to this incident, she would bloody well want the record of it. I’ve been victim to shitty work place practices and wanted to defend someone in the way I thought was right.

Why didn’t I immediately report it? Because like everyone else, I am human, I had to leave because of my own life shit. However I called the next day, and I’m not fully brain dead so was able to recall the details clearly.

Next time I will keep my nose out.

update over.

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had a staff member help me getting lids off a higher shelf. The yellow brick step she used slid out from underneath, causing her to fall and land heavily on her hip/buttock.

Edit: I also observed the bottom of the step and saw the gripping “feet” were completely smooth and that’s why it slid out from under her.

I and another person in the aisle made sure she was okay, told her to do an incident report, and left.

Yesterday I called (the day after the incident) and spoke to a manager who was her manager to ensure that she had done an incident report and to make sure she was checked on. Apparently she hadn’t filled in a report but I felt she was young and embarrassed, maybe thought it wasn’t a big deal. The manager said he would talk with her and get it sorted. I also asked him to tell her I hoped she was okay.

I think I’ve done everything right, I’m just really hoping she does in fact get looked after. Does anyone have experiences with getting injured like this working at Bunnings and how did it go?

She was just young and big sis vibes kicked in. I don’t want her to end up 5 days later with a cooked back.

I visit different stores all over Melbourne daily for work and the toilets are almost always dirty. I can think of one store that uses urinal mats, the rest stink. They need to do better and spend money on maintenance

I’ve been noticing something at my local store for the past few months and it’s starting to really bug me.

All of the self-serve checkouts are completely blocked off … not just temporarily closed, but like properly shut down with merchandise stacked in front of them. It honestly looks like they’re never coming back.

Instead, everyone is forced through just two manned registers… which means the lines regularly back up down the aisle. Every time I go in, it’s the same situation.

Last time I went, the queue was so long I just gave up and walked out.

I genuinely don’t understand the reasoning behind this.

Is it theft? Staffing changes? Corporate policy? Something else?

It feels like a huge step backwards in terms of efficiency and customer experience.

Has anyone else seen this happen at their local stores, or does anyone in retail know why a store would do this long-term. This is in northern Launceston Bunnings store.

It is a drive-through, not a park-wherever-you-want-through. Some of us are on a clock and don't want to spend five minutes moving your flatbed just to get past

Are all customers supposed to be scanned?

Asking because I picked up on some racist vibes when exiting yesterday and watched only non-white customers get asked for receipts and scanned.

I (a white woman) offered my receipt and got waved through with my trolley of stuff.

So I'm waiting at special orders desk to be attended to. 20 bloody minutes. I witnessed at least ten employees wandering around like a scene out of Shaun of the dead. Not one of them willing to make eye contact. I approached two of them asking for assistance, they said they will "get someone", I even phoned and told the girl that answered, guess what she said? Yep, " I'll get someone".

So what is it with all of the space cadets mindlessly wandering around not doing anything?

Mine would honestly be better quality apartment-friendly storage and organisation stuff that doesn’t look flimsy or ridiculously expensive

Used to be a staple if you got there before 7am but my local seems to have scrapped it

Where else do you go for hardware, tools etc that's better than Bunnings?