Ya the labour crunch is insane. In BC they estimate they are short 40k employees in the hospitality industry. I can attest as I can barely staff my restaurant. It's quite the situation as even if I could hire people the hiked up minimum wage is kicking my ass. My mind is blown that people don't want to work for $15.20/hr. That seems like a ton of money for a young adult working part time.
To relate to O&G, I've been getting a lot of "cold call" emails from companies looking for people, which I haven't received since probably 2014. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like like the demand is driving up compensation or perks.
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