I started working in a big box Indigo store in 2007. I absolutely loved my job (Tasker 6am start)! Management was horrible, but my co-workers and my love of books more than made up for it. I left the store in 2010 and moved to Alberta, and after a while I worked at a large volume Chapters store on 2011 until a family emergency brought me back to Ontario in 2013.

I got my old job back right away at the Indigo store. WOW! What a HUGE change in employee morale! Hours are getting cut, but work load has increased, which wouldn't be so bad if we were paid enough. Minimum wage has increased a couple of (and is due to be increased again). When I first worked for the company when minimum wage went up a certain amount our pay went up the same amount. Now it doesn't! So people who have stayed with the company and busted their butts are making barely more than a new employee would. That is NOT how a company should treat their hard working loyal employees.

Posted on 13 May 2015