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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Sadly, that change has been going on for decades. When I started as a summer student at a major in the late 80s, departments like shipping and receiving, the mailroom, stationary, reprographics, and records accounted for a hefty proportion of the head-count, and were staffed with working-class and middle-class Calgarians who enjoyed full benefits. In the 90s most of those positions were outsourced to temp companies. Now it’s the turn of payroll, data processing, and IT to be dropped, automated, or outsourced.
As it becomes the domain of small numbers of highly skilled workers, we’ll likely see the popular support and identification with the energy industry decline further in this city.
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All very true, but I have a hard time believing that it is any different in non-energy industries. All job growth in the future will need to be focused differently than what was done in the past.
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From HFBoard oiler fan, in analyzing MacT's management:
O.K. there has been a lot of talk on whether or not MacTavish has actually done a good job for us, most fans on this board are very basic in their analysis and I feel would change their opinion entirely if the team was successful.
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