Does B&Q pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, B&Q employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at B&Q. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at B&Q?

62% of B&Q employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated B&Q 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at B&Q?

Customer Advisor (727) , Customer Assistant (188) , Showroom Advisor (134) , Customer Service Advisor (117) , Customer Service (111) , Sales Assistant (99) , Sales Associate (69) , Customer Service Representative (65) , Team Leader (57) , Trading Manager (53) , Showrooms Advisor (44) , Sales Advisor (42) , Showroom Assistant (33) , Retail Assistant (31) , Kitchen Designer (27)

What are the pros of working at B&Q according to real employee reviews?

"The people I worked with were great and made it nicer to come to work." ((in 234 reviews)); "Staff are friendly and always know how to have a good laugh so there's always plenty of banter instore." ((in 215 reviews)); "Very diverse job; colleagues are great." ((in 179 reviews)); "Flexible hours and all ages are paid the same" ((in 96 reviews)); "Paid well and had good benefits" ((in 64 reviews))

What are the cons of working at B&Q according to real employee reviews?

"some of the management is poor and act like they're better than the customer advisors." ((in 303 reviews)); "Condescending attitudes are birthed through the lack of supervision managers have" ((in 166 reviews)); "No training and are expected to know loads about the products straight away and called an expert!" ((in 54 reviews)); "No work life balance" ((in 36 reviews)); "Constructive dismissal, bullying, corruption, mental breakdown, unfair dismissal, corporate discrimination." ((in 31 reviews))

What are employees saying about B&Q layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about B&Q layoffs and their outlook for job security at B&Q in 2026.

B&Q reviews

3.5

62% would recommend to a friend

(3,378 total reviews)

Graham Bell

64% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

B&Q has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,378 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The B&Q employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

3K reviews

3.0

Mar 20, 2013

great bunch characters to work with plus 20% card discount

Decor advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fair on lunch breaks when you are an advisor on the shop floor they are quite flexible on what time you can go for lunches/breaks etc, part of kingfisher pension scheme opportunities to work you way up through training schemes

Cons

too many bosses, one will tell you to do one thing then another will tell you to do something else, before you know it you are getting bombarded with "why isnt that done? i asked you to do that" and so forth, i guess thats more human error really, had a manager walk by some loose packaging to then walk 20 ft towards me and say "go pick that up" seriously could have done it themselves!... anyways the company as a whole i really enjoyed

4.0

Mar 12, 2013

A mixed bag of an experience.

Customer advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Pretty decent salary and company rewards. A professional, no messing around environment.

Cons

Lack of opportunity for progression in some positions. Very strict Kingfisher procedures, which can sometimes be way over the top. Compulsory promotion of B&Q products at tills.

5.0

Jan 26, 2013

Impressive, creative, positive&very encouraging. Exciting&lovely people to work with

Customer advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent feedback, encouraging you to reach for the stars, people personalty, striving, learning curve, different day every day , excitement,

Cons

low Salary bracket, slow progression, hours of work, at this point in time I can't really find any cons

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great bunch characters to work with plus 20% card discount

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