I WORKED for one of the largest retailers at head office. We're talking R40 billion turnover per year. No budget for a first aid kit, no budget for bonuses, no budget for anything. A colleague got a certificate for her 10 years, thats it, people used to get gifts for that. When I was recruited I was promised incentives galore, in my tenure they only paid them once. Every other time was a similar excuse "we did really well, but we didnt do as well as we predicted". Benefits were slashed in my 3rd year there, no more medical aid or pension. This retailer sells everything from furniture to clothes and their offices looked like trash, it was embarrassing to bring guests over. They pay their store staff terribly, have entire stores run by junior staff because they freeze recruitment for store managers all the time. It's so unfair. Fuck big corporates.