What are the jobs like?
11-07-11, 09:03 PM
#26
Pm'd you John.
And yes, I always hear about how booming Fort Mac is and it's definetly one of those things where you have to leave and just go for it and the job will happen. I, however, did that last year, but in the wrong location of Alberta. I wasted thousands of dollars on hotels, fuel, food, etc, for weeks to find a job and I ended up making less than what I made at a grocery store. Brutal.
And yes, I always hear about how booming Fort Mac is and it's definetly one of those things where you have to leave and just go for it and the job will happen. I, however, did that last year, but in the wrong location of Alberta. I wasted thousands of dollars on hotels, fuel, food, etc, for weeks to find a job and I ended up making less than what I made at a grocery store. Brutal.
11-08-11, 04:19 PM
#27
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its alberta man, we are the only prvince/state that is self sufficient.
we have our beef, our corn, and our oil.
we have berely felt any of the recent economic collapses cause we have sutch high paing jobs and no provincial tax. we are at 5% tax on stuff while everywere else is lucky to hit anything under 10%.
also we have the cheepest gas prices, noticed that the moment i entered saskatewan, it was scary, i would just stay home and never go for cruses with there gas prices.
but yeah fort mac is allways busy with good money, also get into any oil company and its 30g's a year plus work, like they give you 30grand a year if you do no work at all and like 500$ a day when your at work.
alberta has crazy amount of work, especiall the edmonton area's.
Nisku is allways hiring more workers, its like 40-50$ an hour (40 being the lowest a company will offer you, and i think someone i kinda know is making 65$ an hour so its all relative to the trade and the skill) if you have your ticket.
11-08-11, 04:23 PM
#28
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Pm'd you John.
And yes, I always hear about how booming Fort Mac is and it's definetly one of those things where you have to leave and just go for it and the job will happen. I, however, did that last year, but in the wrong location of Alberta. I wasted thousands of dollars on hotels, fuel, food, etc, for weeks to find a job and I ended up making less than what I made at a grocery store. Brutal.
And yes, I always hear about how booming Fort Mac is and it's definetly one of those things where you have to leave and just go for it and the job will happen. I, however, did that last year, but in the wrong location of Alberta. I wasted thousands of dollars on hotels, fuel, food, etc, for weeks to find a job and I ended up making less than what I made at a grocery store. Brutal.
if you cant find work at a welding or fabbing shop coka_cola is hiring, i make 17.80/h working PT, and i have to option to work 2 hours of overtime allmost daily.
and FT they make 26$/h.
its good money for the work, and they are union.
but yeah get a job there, save some money and look for a welding job while you work that way you can have money to move to were they are hiring.
11-11-11, 03:28 AM
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With the recent award of the new Navy combat ship contract (for those who have been following the news) the Irving Ship Yard in Halifax is starting to staff up a bit (still a couple years out from the main contract, but they are booked with work until then), as is the yard in Vancouver for the smaller contract. (Smaller being relative.)
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