Was always known as "B*ggered &Quickly" when I worked as a supplier!

I personally will not be spending any money with this outfit again. All long-serving staff will be worse off by around 500- 3000 to pay for this pathetic "living wage". If you earn 17500, you drop to 15500. And dismissed if you refuse to sign.

I feel absolutely robbed

Nathan your an Ass and Mike Davies has his head stuck up one.
Taking Redundancy and escaping the hellhole.
2 children under 3 to support and a mortgage to pay and they slash your wages as a reward for all your hard work.
I don't think the free f*cking KitKat Easter Egg will quite cover it, sorry.

I have been with the company for 16 years and not only am i not getting a pay rise this year as i am already on there 7.66 a hr for level 4, come 1st of april when i am forced to sign a new contract i will lose 2200 a year. the government should look at this as the aim of the living wage is to improve peoples pay and b n q have found a loop hole by targetting our other pay structures to make us worse off than ever.
there was a time you felt valued in this company but now we are all worthless numbers. shame on you b n q.

after reading all the comments i could not disagree with any.
This was a fantastic company that has been erroded with bad decisions any ideas to improve the company are either waved away or pinched this happens at either aspire or fast track level where the people in charge steal all good ideas for them selfs.we at bnq are now no longer number one or leading the retail business we have join the pack that is profit profit profit.and dont forget if/when you sign you contract if you leave within 12 months any payout will have to be paid back.bnq staff are not just customer advicers they take the customer to the product they open till's to serve to reduce que's carry to car heavy products then they have to put order's throu for customers then they have to pick the stock for the delivery then they have to take this to the warehouse and off load again then they have to fix there section from displays to pricing then they have to display the product then they have to drop stock from high locations to fill the shelfs then theres the daily price changes this is just the tip of what the shop floor staff do that neither the front of store or the warehouse or replen can do so who's getting the short straw i loose on pay after loyally helping this company lost track the amount of unpayed hours i have done for what? wish the ceo would look at the top first as i see lots of them getting bonuses that you can now afford after cutting the bread and butter of the company finish by saying think you will loose the best staff you have within the next 12 months due to the threst of having to pay back the buy out of our boneses robert signing of from stevenston store

I agree with all my colleagues on pay and long term service. Disgraceful B&Q. For me personally, my 4 levels were recognition of all the learning and hard work I'd given over 13yrs. B&Q have thrown that back with a large slap in the face. Shame on them. Maybe they should find the definition of LOYALTY

B&Q have been trying for years to get rid of people on full time permanent contracts and this is the perfect way to do it. The managers are bullies and they now only employ part time workers in the words of 1 of my managers ( he's part time been here for less than 18 months and I don't like him so it's easy to get rid of him) some staff had no pay rise last year and now what is a pay cut coming up in April. Great for moral, the people's forum is a joke they, are elected to fool the staff into thinking someone is listening to them. I have been in the company for 20 years and things are worse than they have ever been, no charity collections, no kids club, no ladies club, no community spirit, no spence of fun, awful people at the top that look at CAs like they have stepped in something bad and robotic routines at the checkouts that make the staff unhappy.

Something has to pay for the cuts in prices. But Staff shouldnt forget that the "Big Wheel" initiative begins just before Easter which will raise the opportunity of local store based bonuses.Its estimated that if Seasonal Sales targets are met ( which will be achievable) an individual could expect to increase their basic pay by up to 73.6% with a minimum bonus of 10%. This will drive sales and has been met with very positive feedback from staff taking part in the steering groups.

And now the zone allowance has gone in a lot of areas, another 1500 worse off, they are playing with people's lives and it's a hard pill to swallow having to go home and explain to your family your going to be worse off next year.

Feel sorry for the Saps on the people's forum, supposedly representing steff through these changes. Elected representatives according to B&Q truth is they wear the only ones who wanted to do the role, and no mention was ever made about about pay negotiations in the job description.
So cheap way to keep out unions, and someone for staff to blame. .. Clever
Time to walk away people's champions

Unfair to cut other people's pay and then give a pay rise for rest of the staff. It will only lead to resentment amongst staff. Loyalty no longer seen as a positive

They close our profitable store, with a poor process in being transferred to another store, no wonder all 33 out of 36 staff decided to take the redundancy package, the money will soon run out, not forgetting, back stabbing management ruined what was a great company to work for and B&Q brand to disappear with in the next 10 years with direct involvement with castorama, big thanks to the French lass, shop elsewhere the company is a shambles!

Absolutely disgracefull. A cut throat business doing what it does best!!

Most shop floor staff are losing about 1000 per year No incentive for loyalty How much are directors and CEO giving up?

Staff are extremely unhappy with the way they are being steam rollered into signing new contracts and it would appear a big reduction in benefits!!!!!

B&Q cutting costs AGAIN, not good news