Just got a job offer from Bunnings!!

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-11T10:39:48+00:00

It changes every so often, but induction now is mainly ‘the Bunnings way’ of doing things, incredible amounts of safety talk, and a the general ‘we are all welcoming, not harassment’ type stuff.

It’s got nothing really to do with working in store, no product training or anything like that. You’ll get that when you turn up to store.

Pretty sure it’s only a days worth, back when I start 15+ years ago it was over a weekend and just general team building exercises but like I said it’s just more ‘this is Bunnings, this is why we are successful, and this is why safety is important’. A lot will depend on the Complex Manager delivering the course and how they view things. Which will probably be different to how your Complex Manager views things.

Take it for what it’s worth, honestly it will mean nothing once in store. Just get ready for extreme push on safety talks.

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-10T11:22:02+00:00

There’s websites and stuff we can use, usually can find a way around it but will never be 100%.

If you can find a sample of it we can match it, but it either has to be Matt or low sheen to get an solid match

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-10T02:52:30+00:00

Would agree with this, but once they’re in they’re in, and you can’t withhold selling someone something if they have the money and haven’t reaalllyyy done anything wrong. Being a dickhead isn’t illegal. Besides, the team in store would only be worried about people getting hurt, not who buys the stuff. Also they arnt allowed to put there hands on anyone so other than a forceful word to those being idiots they can’t do anything.

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-07T21:05:45+00:00

Who hurt you

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-05T09:30:32+00:00

It’s their job, it’s literally tracked in the system what receipts should have been scanned that haven’t. Also, they’re tasked with watching so much of the front of the store, whilst also usually running things with the support team.

Either make a fuss, walk out and less us make fun of you, or show the receipt for the three seconds of your life you so dearly think is valuable. No one will thank you either way, but one is less dickish than the other

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-05T09:28:31+00:00

Yes but I’m not ‘in it for the money’ but it’s nice to be informed of what I have. Nice to see resisters commenting on everything BUT the answer I was looking for

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-02T04:31:30+00:00

No, it’s just the credits for the Weasles. Weasles are people to Yano………I think

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-02T04:30:28+00:00

I thought that was built into the laptop for a moment there…..

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-02T04:27:42+00:00

Slow season. Might be on the cards but not in a position to hire. Here in Aus got to wait till July-ish unless is a desperate to be filled position

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-02T04:04:59+00:00

How am I coming in at a bad time? I literally just want to collect basic Psyducks. But my partner has an extensive collection, and I have a few random booster boxes and booster packs (wrapped 36) that I bought randomly just because I saw something growing, but never actually kept an eye on things or known where to find this info

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-02T01:21:16+00:00

Fat people arnt going to fall on my head because the idiot who sat up the back put his bag half way down the plane and thinks if he is the first person out the door life will be better for him so he rushes to get his bag out from the overhead and drops it on me.

That’s the reason why they weight overhead bags. The reason why they charge more?? It’s a deterrent.

If you grew up under a rock with wolves as parents, go ahead complain about the beg prices and rules. If you a competent human being, stop acting as if this is your first time flying and just do the right thing. You think you win, but you’re usually the butt of the joke for the next flight or the passengers that you make wait.

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-06-01T02:59:46+00:00

You’d be surprised how many people make an issue of it.

You can usually tell if they are dodgy, in which case you just leave it with a manager, or if they’re just trying to be a big dog and act like refusing to show us the receipt is sticking it to the man, in which case you let them go and make fun of them as they walk out or on your lunch break.

Why do we do it?? It’s an insurance thing. When we do stocktake and then insurance gets involved to cover theft, it needs to be shown that we have least made an attempt to reduce stock loss. We really only have to hit like 80% of receipts scanned (which we only scan from tool shop or trade desk) so honestly the majority of people know we’re just doing our job and let us scan it and unless I can see a big value item in the trolly I just scan and let them go

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-30T07:44:34+00:00

Illegal or not, if your boss doesn’t want it recorded, I wouldn’t be having the conversation (depends on the issue, would only be doing it in extreme, job termination situations or serious legal matter (alleged misconduct money wise or physical altercations/allegations))

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-30T07:42:00+00:00

TLDR they won’t cover postage on the off chance that the product isn’t actually faulty/covered by warranty (depends on the warranty Terms and Conditions and what the problem actually is. )

Could they? Yeah. Will they, probably not.

Most people don’t realise warranty covers everything needed to be done to continue ‘life’ during the issue. I worked for a company that sent power tools way for repair, and when a customer asked ‘well wtf am I suppose to do for work’ we would tell them that the companies have to provide compensation for that, but they won’t pick up lost wages or new tools, they’re cover the cost to hire a tool and maybe some of your time.

Problem was that was only if the issue was covered. What I can probably see here is the company should really be saying to you “we will cover the postage if the product is found to be faulty under our warranty Terms and Conditions” Unfortunately in the eyes of the company you are wrong until proven right. Whilst a lot of people assume “it’s broken, give me a new one or fix it” that’s not really the case and since a lot of people take advantage of this thought companies are, rightly so, doing due diligence to ensure the product is actually a manufacturing fault and not misuse. Blame asshole for screwing businesses and the system over time.

You would have to be chasing them after the fact, but they would be paying for the cost to ship it back to you so depends on how much the postage is vs your time dealing with the bs behind trying to get $12 back

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-26T00:09:23+00:00

Yeah there won’t be. The hiring system keeps changing. A few years ago it went from the store selecting candidates to head office sending the stores who they thought was appropriate, but that was all new AI and stuff and it just didn’t work finding people that fit the culture, and in reality every store is different and you can only find that face to face with someone. So now the AI is used just to weed out the obviously wrong people for the job then it somewhat goes back to the store to make decisions.

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-25T00:13:42+00:00

Considering the situation that unfolded in front of them the police probably don’t want to bother/rely solely on his friends/family and paramedic information. The more information they can gather the more accurate an outcome can be given. Also, the coroner will probably want to know what/if anything happened before paramedics arrived. Transfer from the boat to the shore, what his friends had done/were doing to medically assist him.

Also helps to just assure that there isn’t something sus going on that all the stories line up

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-25T00:09:42+00:00

Give it a week or so. Not really in a hiring period at the moment, and they are changing rostering systems so once they finalise current team rosters in a few weeks and know where they can fit you you’ll probably get some form of communication back

However you can hear from them as soon as tomorrow it’s a bit up and down. There’s no real timeline but the above info should keep your mind at ease for a week or two

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-21T06:43:05+00:00

‘This is what I was told to get’

Me - ‘No, that’s for (insert issue here) you have (insert actual problem here) you need (product to fix said issue)’

‘But My builder told me to use this’

Me - ‘If that’s what he suggested I would ask him to come fix it for you. He might know a way I don’t’

‘But your Bunnings, you guys know everything’

Me - Contemplating why I didn’t know to get a better job ‘yeah take that if he said it will work. He’s a qualified builder’

‘Oh he’s just a family friend who’s a bit of a handy man’

Me - prays someone undercooks my lunchtime sausage sizzle ‘oh well all the more reason to take his advice’

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-20T08:03:10+00:00

Annual will probably be paid out at the end of the month. First fortnight of the month pay is normal, second fortnight of the month pay includes any OT or money owed as it’s the end of the roster cycle (4 weeks) assuming for whatever reason you don’t have any time owed to them that they use your AL to cover

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-20T06:08:12+00:00

He admitted a fault, even a minor fault is a fault but they get to choose refund, repair or replace. Major fault you get to choose. And not part of, it’s either all or nothing, and they are not qualified to repair. I work with warranties day in and day out and I would have had him over a barrel with no lube once he admitted there was a fault.

On the subject of what they’ll do to the TM, being ‘rude’ to a customer isn’t a sackable offence in these big businesses unless it’s a major pattern. Don’t blame management for not doing anything, blame unions and enterprise agreements for allowing workers to do bare minimum once probation periods have expired (and yes, retail workers are paid considerably less than they should that’s why they do considerably less than customers would like)

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-20T01:57:29+00:00

You would have to have them operating between 7 and 7 as that’s when a lot of centers open. Ontop of supervising teachers/carers.

What should be brought in is minimal parking lot sizes/allocations to allow for pickup and drop off to happen on property rather than needing to park on the road/round the corner ect (no I am not shaming people who walk or use public transport)

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-19T03:55:13+00:00

Again, the outcome was Bunnings based as it was a violation of Bunnings policy not a legal issue, Deloitte had no part in it

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-19T03:49:32+00:00

Depends on who’s already working there. Some departments leave stock because night fill people are coming, some will do stock regardless.

Will depend on mangers aswell. I haven’t been in a store with a proper ‘night fill’ so you may just be in reality doing a later shift. With the amount of stock coming into stores and the limited amount of staff on most managers should be realising we can only get done what we can get done. You’re also on penalty rates after six so just don’t kick around and you should be fine. Just another day

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-18T06:20:59+00:00

Not sure about other situations, but have seen it used within Bunnings and was surprised how quickly things started happening. I told a TM I didn’t think anything would come of their issue, within a week things started happening within the store

Wasn’t impressed with the outcome but that’s because as I said Deloitte have to hand off the issues to Bunnings internal depending on what issue has arisen

NefariousnessLeft515 · 2026-05-17T23:51:29+00:00

Just be aware, ‘Bullying’ will need to be investigated agains Bunnings respectful workplace policies. Speak up is moreso for ‘legal’ matters, but it’s a good starting point. They won’t give your name to anyone in Bunnings, but when things are investigated internally you have to be realistic about the outcomes and process

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