New Economy of Low Oil Prices: Dreams Crushed
Coming to Alberta’s Oilfield in just a car and packed bags in 2013, hoping to be in a Ferrari by 30. Then comes the collapse…
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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…
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.…
From $124,000 Yearly Income at Age 25, To No Net Income
In 2018 I was 25 years old and brought home around $124,000. I worked both as an employee and a contractor in Alberta and BC:…
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…
6 Years Into Alberta From Nothing
From 17 Year Old University Student to Alberta’s Oilfield: 6 Years Later. 6 years. This is how long it has been since I just grabbed…
Another Day in the Oilsands
Here I sit alone in my semi truck at an oilsands plant between Conklin and Fort McMurray. The cab offers relieving refuge from the scorching…
The Decline of the Worker’s Market
People who work more for less ruining it for everybody else. “I’m cheaper than the rest of them, so technically you’re paying me less.” “Well you being…
March 2018: Month 58 in Alberta
Working as a Semi-Vac and Tanker Truck Operator in Alberta After an abysmal February, March has brought some light and hope for 2018. The new oilfield services…
Bloody February
The public pictures I as a young, fit guy driving nice BMWs and dressing beautifully. It thinks I must pick up many beautiful women and…