B&Q might not be the dream job everyone wants. Anybody who isn't a DIY buff would probably say it would be boring. I have had no DIY knowledge prior B&Q, my technology project at high school was a disaster but after college I needed a part time job to see me through university. I applied for B&Q after my dad saw it had a vacancy and so I filled in the application form, completed the phone interview and had the one on one interview. I got the job on the Service Squad, helping customers find products. After budget cuts, this got disbanded and I worked on checkouts for about a month. I needed to move about so I wanted to be put on a department. Again I knew nothing of the building trade but B&Q gave me the position of customer advisor on the building section.
For about 3years I brushed up cement, stacked bricks and fought against the elements in the external area of B&Q. Now that's all over and I've left to become a teacher in Japan but B&Q wasn't just my first proper job, it was a community of people. Some of the nicest people I've known work or worked there. I might not miss the timber saw or the management but I will miss the people.
My cases are almost packed, I'm scraping the last bits of my room together. I can only take 20KG anything over I will be charged £23 (€60) per kg which could amount to a lot of excess.
Thanks everyone at B&Q!
