I have a friend that IOL that has left recently over the Quarry Park Issue - living in the west side, they have no desire to fight through Glenmore everyday. They tell me they know several people that are looking to jump ship - headhunters are calliing IOL employees to exploit this vein on discontent.
Same story with the CP relocation, though possibly even worse. There they don't even get to work in an office park, but in the middle of a rail yard, like some sort of penal colony. That and they get to work under the thumb of Hunter. Triple Whammy.
I predict that these surban campuses will be a bit of a fad once employers realize how limiting it will be on recruiting. Yes people in the immediate area might want in but IOL will be limiting themselves from potential staff in the West and North areas of Calgary. In a labour constrained market - that's going to trump savings on rent.
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