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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
Alberta has had some of the worst employment standards in the country for some time, there are plenty of workers who do not to expect a lot. I'm actually interested to know what you felt put the oil and gas industry culture above others. You listed things like generous vacation and maternity leave. How great was the vacation entitlement and since when were maternity leave rights revoked from all other places of employment? I wonder if people think flex days and an informal environment were worth the price having zero job security.
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I used the energy industry because that's where the technically skilled workforce - which is supposed to be Calgary's big asset - would come from.
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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I hear a lot or examples(admittedly only from posters on this site) of workers who are having to do the work of their laid off former coworkers for less money than they were earning before. Seems like we have a lot of go getters and a lot of people who are looking for work. I think you'd be surprised at the number of employers operating in Calgary who have a revolving door when it comes to employees, Amazon would have no issue finding employees in this markets and retention issues would likely be the same as at any other company that operates with their business model in Calgary.
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Did you read the NYT article? Even by the ruthlessly Darwinian standards of corporate America, Amazon stands apart in its open contempt for niceties such as family life, employee satisfaction, and labour laws. It's a sweatshop. It's where high achievers go to be humbled and discarded.
Canadian employees, including those who didn't get to enjoy the good times in the oil patch, have it far better than their American counterparts. American companies treat their employees worse than Canadian companies, full stop. I know a lot of people in this city dread the prospect of their company being taken over by an American competitor, or even an American stepping into the role of CEO. And Amazon treats its employees notoriously bad even by American standards.