One of the workers, Moarabi Sebofelo, a shelf-packer said he has worked at the company for the past 20 years yet he is earning P1,400. He said that those who have been with the company for 11 years are getting a paltry P743 and this is unfair.
"We spend a lot of time and energy working for this company but it seems they are not appreciative of our labour at all," he said.
He disclosed that they are not allowed to go on leave. When a worker takes days off to attend to a pressing personal matter, their pay is cut.
A co-worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that during elections he sought permission to go and renew his national identity card and three hours later when he came back, he was told his salary would be cut. "At the end of the month they did exactly that," he said.
Another worker, Amos Gala said that there are no job descriptions or any official policy explaining roles and remunerations of workers in various departments.
He said in some cases, people can be promoted from shelf-packers to accounts clerks, though their salaries remain the same. Efforts to get a reaction from the company director, a certain Mooney, proved futile as he was said to be locked in meetings.
