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[Mouse_GTI]

Does anyone work here or know what it's like? I've heard they pay close to £6 an hour. I've got a job interview on Thursday

[GTILass]

i work for screwfix who are owned by same people

should be alright employers....get some good benefits with it!!

[Mk2Adam]

let's role play....

"scuse me mate, do your have these screws in galavernised?"

is the answer...

A) yes sir they're down in isle 5 (regardless of if they are, and then go have a fag incase i see you again)
B) i'll just go have a look out the back (go have a fag, 10 mins later) "sorry we don't do them".
C) computer says nooooo

trick question really as any of these answers will get you the job

[pettsy]

Does anyone work here or know what it's like? I've heard they pay close to £6 an hour. I've got a job interview on Thursday

I seem to remember Karl cl coupe does

[Mouse_GTI]

let's role play....

"scuse me mate, do your have these screws in galavernised?"

is the answer...

A) yes sir they're down in isle 5 (regardless of if they are, and then go have a fag incase i see you again)
B) i'll just go have a look out the back (go have a fag, 10 mins later) "sorry we don't do them".
C) computer says nooooo

That sounds just like my work...except for the fag break

[omicron]

let's role play....

"scuse me mate, do your have these screws in galavernised?"

is the answer...

A) yes sir they're down in isle 5 (regardless of if they are, and then go have a fag incase i see you again)
B) i'll just go have a look out the back (go have a fag, 10 mins later) "sorry we don't do them".
C) computer says nooooo

trick question really as any of these answers will get you the job

Sounds like me when I'm doing a homebase.

[Tahrey1043]

depends on your mentality i think

i hope to god their staffing policy isnt like asdas, because if it is... well, lets just say if you're competent enough to put your own name legibly on the form, they'll only take you if they're desperate and you'll feel badly out of place (me? bitter? after all the bloody group selections i've been to where i was the only person who could tell one end of a biro from the other but still didn't scrape even a shelf stackers position at £6.50/hr for nights? nahhh)

and that your mindset isn't like my brother's (really rather.. sideways) friend, who worked at homebase for a bit. got done over and hated it. not sure if it wasnt just because he's not cut out for large enclosed areas and/or human contact though

always remember, however, it is retail - and every johnny who comes in will expect you to know everything inside out, back to front AND upside down. plus you'll hear the same non-joke eighty times a day.

six quid an hour, though... that's enough to make me muse about jacking in my current salaried position. if i was to put in as much overtime at B&Q as i do (unpaid) at the mo i'd be raking it in

[Mouse_GTI]

Interview was quick and went well. Told me I'd get a call if I got a second one with a department manager which is ment to be more friendly. They said the only job available at the weekend is on the shop floor helping customers, well as long as I get trained properly I can't complain about the pay I'll get and customer experience I'll gain. Though I really don't want to leave my current job as I know everyone there and you sometimes have a great laugh

[char]

always remember, however, it is retail - and every johnny who comes in will expect you to know everything inside out, back to front AND upside down. plus you'll hear the same non-joke eighty times a day.

well put, i can't wait to leave my part-time job when i finish uni so i can tell the customers where to go is it bad that i've been looking forward to leaving for about 3 years??

[omicron]

My job's great, I work in retail and am allowed to tell customers where to go.

Customer: Excuse me?
Me: I'm a contractor mate, I don't work here, but I'm bored, so I'll help you if I can
Customer: Well YOU've not got any of YOUR ownbrand....
Me: I'll stop you there and explain it again slowly because you weren't listening the first time. I'm a contractor, I don't work here.
Customer: I don't mind, YOU've not got any of YOUR <insert tasteless commoity that is 2p less than the premium brand>.
Me (getting pissed off): Oh sorry, didn't hear you right the first time, we're replanning the store. We've put them all down here.

<walk them round the store 3 times>

Me: Yeah, just down there on the left mate. You're welcome.

(not that they said thank you, or were going to)

Then I sod off for a bit, put my spare pair of glasses on and wait for them to find me.

"Nah, must have been my brother mate - he's always doing that. What was it you were after? No, they're down this way........"

I have to fill the 12 hour shifts somehow

[char]

that sounds like a cool trick, but i work in a small shop which usually has no staff on the floor so i can't even run away and hide

[omicron]

Just pretend you're lithuanian then.

Works for me cause I work with quite a few eastern europeans.

[Mouse_GTI]

Some old git wanted to complain against me, because I was smiling and asked him if he needed a price or to check if the item was in stock

t**t!

[GroovyCarrot]

Try working in waitrose.. a shop which markets itself to the snobbiest, most self important, needlessly prone to complaining customers ever.. a particular favourite of mine is "(petty complaint, waitrose is going to pot etc), well I'll just go to Tesco next time!"
Fine then you old bat, save me the hassle of having to deal with you complaining every time you come in..
But of course I always smile politely and address them as sir or madam and tell them how sorry I am that they feel that way, then go away and lock myself in the freezer for half an hour so I don't have to deal with another one

Anyway, rant over, sorry to hijack, best of luck with the job

[olop_chris]

good luck with the 2nd interview if you get the call!

i've worked at dixons for 1 n half years, and i've always thought it sucked, but i have a good laugh with everyone who works there so i just stick with it. Customers are extremely arsey and expect you to know absoloutly everything and anything. people are like "yeah, have you got the x2000gld5 in stock" and theres me like "errrm .....no"