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Working in the Canadian oil sands: 6 figures in 6 months!
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<blockquote data-quote="scotian" data-source="post: 78614" data-attributes="member: 1959"><p>I graduated with a BA after 5 years of uni in 06', I worked at a call centre getting bitched at people whose cell phones were smarter than them, at $12/hr, I made $24G in 07' back east. </p><p></p><p>I took a chance and moved to Alberta with $1500 to my name took a 12 week pre-employment at a community college (look up Lethbridge college,SAIT,Red Deer College, NAIT, Keyano college).</p><p></p><p>08' grossed 65K- 10K in pension 2 months layoff AKA party! (remember when oil plunged big time?)</p><p>09' grossed 80- 13k in pension 3 weeks vacation (in the middle of the worst recession in decades, I couldn't get any more time off work we were so busy!)</p><p>10'(started working in Fort Mac) -grossed 120K 22K in pension 5 weeks off</p><p>11-Grossed around 135-140K, forget pension (25K?), 3 months off!</p><p></p><p>Guys those numbers are low, I took some easy low paying (good experience though) jobs for lifestyle reasons, I know many guys in Fort Mac who are MACHINES and work 24 on 4 off ALL YEAR (maybe 1 or 2 weeks off, max!), and gross 250-350K, power to those guys but I don't think its really worth it to work that much, I'd rather work 6 months and take my 100K then peace out!</p><p></p><p>Damn I'm giving you guys some handy intel here, I wonder how many will make the move?</p><p></p><p>I just hope that guys, especially Canadians, who think about moving out, or know someone who is interested, will do so, I'd love to work with more people who read forums like this and have similar interests and less meat heads like these guys (from the movie FUBAR):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iZqfzQmruI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iZqfzQmruI</a> (that plant is Syncrude, you can see the camp at 0:17)</p><p> </p><p>"The workers comp hustle": <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBAmItGExlY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBAmItGExlY</a></p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mceMfWmJp0U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mceMfWmJp0U</a></p><p></p><p>Those videos accurately reflect the types of shit heads I work with on a regular basis!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scotian, post: 78614, member: 1959"] I graduated with a BA after 5 years of uni in 06', I worked at a call centre getting bitched at people whose cell phones were smarter than them, at $12/hr, I made $24G in 07' back east. I took a chance and moved to Alberta with $1500 to my name took a 12 week pre-employment at a community college (look up Lethbridge college,SAIT,Red Deer College, NAIT, Keyano college). 08' grossed 65K- 10K in pension 2 months layoff AKA party! (remember when oil plunged big time?) 09' grossed 80- 13k in pension 3 weeks vacation (in the middle of the worst recession in decades, I couldn't get any more time off work we were so busy!) 10'(started working in Fort Mac) -grossed 120K 22K in pension 5 weeks off 11-Grossed around 135-140K, forget pension (25K?), 3 months off! Guys those numbers are low, I took some easy low paying (good experience though) jobs for lifestyle reasons, I know many guys in Fort Mac who are MACHINES and work 24 on 4 off ALL YEAR (maybe 1 or 2 weeks off, max!), and gross 250-350K, power to those guys but I don't think its really worth it to work that much, I'd rather work 6 months and take my 100K then peace out! Damn I'm giving you guys some handy intel here, I wonder how many will make the move? I just hope that guys, especially Canadians, who think about moving out, or know someone who is interested, will do so, I'd love to work with more people who read forums like this and have similar interests and less meat heads like these guys (from the movie FUBAR): [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iZqfzQmruI[/URL] (that plant is Syncrude, you can see the camp at 0:17) "The workers comp hustle": [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBAmItGExlY[/URL] [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mceMfWmJp0U[/URL] Those videos accurately reflect the types of shit heads I work with on a regular basis! [/QUOTE]
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