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Considering a Move Away from Alberta

I think often about moving out of Alberta, and home to BC. Most of my background has been in O&G, primarily blue-collar working in remote…

Signing employment contracts with non-competition, non-solicitation clause

Non-Solicitation, Non-Competition Clauses: Rarely Enforceable

Looking to protect their interests or restrict worker freedom, employers impose these, usually in the form of non-competition and non-solicitation clauses. Non-Competition Clause To prevent…

Low bed trucker in Alberta oilfield

The New Alberta Economy

The Fall and (Partial) Recovery in Oil Prices: Pessimism and Cost-Cutting Many jobs and incomes prior to the oil crash in 2015 aren’t coming back.…

Guilt comes with Ambition. Working in Alberta's Oil Patch and becoming a Business Owner.

Adverse Psychological Effects of Ambition

Sometimes I wish I am not the man I am today. I am so used to being a hustler, and just crude. This based on…

Unpaid Wages Alberta

The New Normal in Alberta: Employers not Paying Workers

In Alberta lately, there has been a surge of businesses not paying their workers. TD has had a bad problem with people missing mortgage payments…

Pay Cuts in Alberta Factory

Declining Pay Rates

People coming in willing to do more for less. Then destroying the industry, and veterans turning into other lines of businesses seeking to be compensated…

Job Interview and HR

Mannerisms in Hiring

Interviewers who place heavy emphasis on particular mannerisms in the hiring process The problem is that many HR resort to automated processes, sometimes including even…

Guilt comes with Ambition. Working in Alberta's Oil Patch and becoming a Business Owner.

Society’s Frown to Ambition

We’re expected to be like the others, not above the others. When I was younger, I’d get ridicule for wanting to become something better everyday.…

Society's Expectations of Seniority over Merit

Time over Economic Efficiency

Suppose 2 people- each in a Ferrari, travelling the world, and laying on a beach in the morning instead of fighting in traffic to get…

Mercedes Maybach S650 Brabus Rocket 900

The Perceived Sin of Pursuit

Society tells us to want to look beautiful, to want more assets, and to climb the social ladder is to sin. But what’s wrong with…