Give it to me straight

My first job after university was at a large, traditionally run company. I was bursting with enthusiasm and I really wanted to prove myself. They told me that I would get a performance review every six months where I would[...]

Published: November 21, 2016
By: Darryl Stewart
Why we all need friends at work

A few years back, a couple of IBEX staff thought it would be a great idea to have a "nagashi somen" (flowing noodle) party for lunch. We set up a bamboo trough in the parking lot and put a garden[...]

Published: November 14, 2016
By: Darryl Stewart
Don’t be patient with a problem on your team

Maybe you can relate to this. We had a problem employee many years ago. One of his issues was his attitude with customers. He did not have the giving, forgiving, helpful attitude that many great customer service people naturally have.[...]

Published: November 7, 2016
By: Darryl Stewart
Does my job really matter?

It is quite possible that the maid who cleaned your hotel room last month finds greater purpose in her work than the nurse who helped deliver your cousin’s baby last summer (congratulations, by the way!). How can that be? How[...]

Published: October 31, 2016
By: Darryl Stewart
I love my job because my opinion really seems to matter there

You see the pilot helping to clean the plane; you see the hostess bussing tables; you see bosses answering phone calls at the reception desk; or you see a senior manager covering a front-line shift so that the junior manager[...]

Published: October 24, 2016
By: Darryl Stewart

IBEX Payroll extends our profound respect and immeasurable gratitude to all the ancestors and keepers of the land on whose traditional territories our work takes place. We acknowledge that we are on Treaty 1 territory, the traditional gathering place of the Anishinaabe, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene people and the traditional homeland of the Métis people. This land is sacred, historical, and significant. 

Every time we acknowledge this truth, we have an invitation and an opportunity to reflect on the wrongs of the past, what we do in the present, and what we can do to continually honour the people whose lands and water we benefit from today. 

This statement only acts as a first step in honouring the land we reside on and its peoples, and must be paired with education, understanding and informed action.