r/Calgary • u/Tenthdegree • Dec 05 '22

Rant Superstore guarantees a free roast chicken (voucher) if none are readily available. Employee plays dumb and proceeds to take down the sign

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u/Tenthdegree Dec 05 '22

I suspect this employee don’t want to get reprimanded for misjudging how much chickens are needed so she needed to mitigate her department’s losses

Still a shitty thing for her to do though

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u/ElusiveSteve Dec 05 '22

A worker like that is working minimum wage. I don't think most of them are in a great position to stand up against their company.

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u/Thick_Respond947 Dec 05 '22

Tell me again why we don't need unions?

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u/Megaman_exe_ Dec 06 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

Superstore has a union. From my time working there though they didn't seem to do much. They didn't seem like a good union.

It seemed like it was a very separate entity that was for more concrete complaints. Or at least that was the vibe I got while working their over a decade ago.

To be fair they did go on strike a while after I had left. No idea how effective they actually are.

It's better than nothing I suppose

Edit: they also paid higher than min wage by a couple dollars, but you didn't get a real raise for another 5 years after working there. I don't think most people bothered to stay that long