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Originally Posted by fotze
Oil at this price just changes everything. Jobs are everywhere, not enough people for them, salaries go up. Job prospects are going back to boom levels. You buy a house you can barely afford, within the year you can quite easily afford it. At this price its economic to kidnap teenagers and harvest their oily faces, you'll see teenagers duct taped to the side of cars with their face jammed into the gas inlet.
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Amen to this. Both my company (oilfield services) and the wife's company (transportation) have job boards bulging with openings. We can't get enough crews for the field either.
Bonuses and options vesting should have been decent for downtown Calgary this year, especially with the runup in share prices. Throw in a round of competitive salary increases and headhunters doing their thing and I think the all so critical confidence index should bounce nicely for Calgary.
Nothing burns a hole in your pocket in this town like a combination of cash in your jeans...and no fears about making more in the future.