And the award for "Worst Employer" goes to...

Imperial Oil

This is a company that measures profit in the BILLIONS of dollars, yet treats it's employees in a disgraceful and ILLEGAL manner. I do a lot of driving for business and pleasure, and have gotten to know a few of the counter staff. Some of the stories are truly shocking.

In one particular outlet near Ottawa, the lady, whom I have known for several years relayed the following bits of information:
There is no such thing as an employee discount
There are no set break times (illegal)
If you are working alone, you may not close the station, even for a bathroom break
The salary is so bad, most employees can't qualify for a company credit card

I didn't bother to ask about benefits or pension plans, because I'm sure there are none. Makes me very glad that I don't work there. Makes me angry that a major corporation gets away with that sort of crap.

Who would get your vote for worst employer?

I'm still here. I just have better things to do than spend four hours on the board waiting for a reply.

My dear Mr Dingaling, please forgive me for not realising just how anal you appear to be. I didn't realise that I was dealing with someone who has all the answers, yet still needs it spelled out for him. If the station was a franchise, I wouldn't have bothered with the thread. Nor would I have said she was employed by Imperial Oil. As for finding a better paying job. Have you seen just what is outside Ottawa? Nothing but farms. Do you know what it was like 10-15 years ago? There was even less. There were no high paying jobs. There was no money for her to go to college.

Contrary to what you may believe I do NOT think that higher wages means more tax money to grab. I DO believe in taxing the shit out of the rich, cutting Govt funding to absurd projects (floating a giant banana over Texas...look it up), and spending Canadian tax dollars on CANADIANS. I would prefer to feed,clothe and educate people in this country before trying to help Africa or India. Do you really want to help them? Buy them condoms.

$5 for a litre of gas will mean less polution? Who are you kidding? Most of the world's pollution comes from the smoke stacks of factories. You must be one of those whackos who believes in "carbon taxes". Take your head out of your ass and smell the real world. Those taxes only hurt the little guy. Big corporations will buy carbon credits (same program is in the US) before they do anything to cut emmisions. All that will do is put more money into the Govt coffers, and more smoke into your lungs.

Do me favor Mr Dingaling, try living in a truly rural area for a few years, Beaconsfield doesn't count, before you start preaching about ignoring non existant opportunities. That, and when you eventually fall off your soapbox of self thought superiority, make sure you land on your head.

Open mouth and insert foot

My_dingaling, I hope you will accept my appologies. I was not aware of the deleted posts. I took what I read as an attack on my opinion and really stuck my foot in my mouth.

Mod 5, thank you for only giving me a warning.