Hi, I'm from Australia. I work at a store called BWS (a chain of liquor stores). It's the largest alcohol retail chain in the country. BWS is owned by Endeavour Drinks Group, a subsidiary of Woolworths Group Limited (a large grocery store chain). Woolworths just reported $1.6m in profits just for the grocery chain, not BWS or any other companies they own so the figure is likely closer to the $2.3m mark. I was recently told by my manager that Woolworths is severely limiting the amount that is allowed to be spent on wages for casual employees and forcing other casuals to go part-time so Woolworths can save money on wages. We are in a cost-of-living crisis and forcing employees to go part-time and only guaranteeing them 10 hours a week or they will be fired and the store managers will have to rehire new staff that can go straight to parttime is only causing the cost-of-living to become worse for thousand of Woolworths/BWS employees. I used to work 38 hours per week on casual rates but now I'm lucky to get 12.
I am fed up with these big corporations treating hard working employees like absolute trash.
This is my first time posting to Anti-Work but it's unlikely to be my last.
Thank you for reading my rant.