I wish I could find something. I'm in IT out in Alberta, and there's only one market; big oil. If I could leave, I would, but my wife is a teacher and that's not a career that migrates easily. I'm no fan of the UCP mismanagement and shutting down any opportunity for diversifying our economy, but we just can't seem to overcome the rural conservative base. It's like being tied to a rock and watching an avalanche coming straight for you.
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Oil is some people's identity out here, it's insane. It's like your rich uncle dies and you inherit everything, and your whole life then becomes focused on finding dying uncles
Curious, why doesn't teaching migrate easily? Doesn't every place on earth have children, who are hitting the same development milestones at the same time and need to be taught a similar level of things?
I don't know about Alberta, but in Ontario your pay is directly related to your seniority and that doesn't carry over between provinces. So you would be taking a pay cut if you moved provinces, maybe a big one if you've been at it awhile.
god that sounds annoying jfc
Yeah I work for a company that does a lot of cross border stuff in N America. About 30% of the business is going across the border and that's gonna get ugly real fast.
Even if we don't lose 30%, only 10% of that would lead to major reshuffles and a lot of layoffs.
In your opinion, is your company going across due to the tariffs specifically or other regulations? Or just because the market is bigger?
I believe they meant that 30% of their product goes across the border, not that 30% of the company was splitting off and moving country.
oh right, I can't read
Correct. I'm in logistics and we do rail road and maritime, and 30% of our money is moving stuff across the border.
If it's going to US clients them there is no choice but if it's going to other places then it's often easier to ship it to hubs like Chicago or NYC, Baltimore, etc, and then out. Whole network is basically shot and now our clients feel the pain and stop ordering anything.
I left IT to open a small amusements company (link) a few years ago. So far we've been doing well and just doubled our floor space. Arcades, amusements, movies, etc, usually do well enough in recessions because they are cheap forms of entertainment. A family can't afford a huge trip over the holidays, but they'll stay home and see movies and other things.
The one thing that will change is what we have in our candy story. We JUST brought in a bunch of US candies. I'm not pulling them off the shelf but once they sell, I won't be replacing them. We're going to look for more UK and Japan candies which have always done well.
That's awesome. Id come drop off a resume if I wasn't on the opposite side of the country.
I work in corrections. Doubt we'll see a drop in crime any time soon.
you'll probably side with the fascists then eh
Why would I do that?
historically that seems to be what always happens
What history?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_state maybe you'll be one of the good ones
Canada isn't a police state. People are in jail here because they broke the law.
Not at the moment. But let's say hypothetically we become the 51st state, and you are ordered to arrest someone or shoot someone who is an insurgent, would you do it?
That's not how corrections works. I don't do the arresting. Cops arrest, I look after them in jail. And if we become the 51st state, I'll end up being on of the insurgents. COs at least where I work are incredibly defiant of almost any type of authority. Maybe the inmates rub off on us in a certain way. But I can't see most of the people I work with laying down and letting it happen.
Lost my job right after the election because of the results because my former employer dealt in overseas markets. Our major customers all stopped putting in orders in a bid to wait and see meaning my employer had to cut jobs, lucky me. That company is limping along right now even after the cuts.
New job is less susceptible to those shocks as the big customers are all domestic and there’s always a need for their products. I just looked for jobs in my sector that didn’t depend on overseas markets to stay in business.
That probably doesn’t apply to construction trades though as a whole lot of the materials seem to be imported. Military might not be a bad play, just maybe aim for something not front line grunt and pick up some transferable skills for after exiting
Do you mind me asking what industry you are in?
White collar desk-jockey job in manufacturing
Do your own thing. Fuck working for someone else. Construction is a wide field with a lot of room for artistry and skill expression, you certainly have picked something up by now.
Amen. Being self employed for too long has made me never want to work for someone else again, although I probably could if I needed to. But I don't feel comfortable right now taking on a big job that has any kind of significant upfront costs.