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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
I have a buddy who works at one of the Majors in Houston and a few years ago when I was down there I was asking him about the industry and perks down there. It is quite a bit different than Calgary. The companies are very insular down there and they all have separate office parks and not much interaction unlike in Calgary. There also isn't a lot of corporate gifting or "welfare" down there. They really don't treat vendors or suppliers to a lot of outings and sporting events which is common up here. I was really surprised to here about how tightly run the operation was in Houston as I expected that money would be splashed around everywhere.
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The office parks thing is pretty accurate. But in my world there’s still a lot of marketing going on for law firms, accounting firms, bankers, etc. It’s not the oil companies treating vendors, it’s professionals courting the big companies.