Bank of hours rosters for employees in Bunnings Warehouse

To: The board of Directors of Bunnings Warehouse
From: Consulting Services
Date: 13.09.2018
Subject: ‘Bank of hours’ rosters for employees in the Bunnings Warehouse
The hardware chain Bunnings Warehouse is known to have practiced bank of hours where staffs
are sent homes during slow periods and are made worked overtime during the peak season. The
staffs complain of not been paid for working overtime during the busy times.
Bunnings warehouse averages the working hours of both the full time and part time employees
Over the year by sending the staffs back home during the lean periods. According to the chief
operating officer of the Bunnings Warehouse the roster system of bank of hours provides huge
benefits to the team members along with the customers. Some of the opportunities which the
hardware chai has is that it can offer an online purchase platform for people during the busy
times. As this will reduce the pressure on the staffs. With the number of home owners in the
country, the hardware chain has a good opportunity in the market. The strength of the Bunnings
Warehouse is the presence of large number of stores in Australia. A wide network of around 300
stores are present in Australia. Apart from that it also produces products of high quality and stays
open all throughout the day. The biggest strength of this company is that it is one of the biggest
household hardware retail chain in Australia. It also provides loyalty programs every day. It also
has access to global network and also provides high quality customer service. Lack of marketing
experience is one of the weakness of Bunnings Warehouse. High cost of the products can also be