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[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

I just assume the people in all the stories dont actually exist.
Its so weird that they have all these 'friends' in the most extreme examples of whatever windmill they may be tilting at currently.

I enjoy watching people take the bait every time.

When posters show you who they are, believe them:

https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpo...ostcount=15694

[you&me]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Yeah, that’s why I mean. He takes the weirdest friends he has, only takes the “man’s word” as gospel, and then inflates the normalcy of their relationship. I imagine his friend was just casually bs’ing about the whole situation and Curves fills in the rest himself...

It's cute that you think these people and scenarios actually exist.

[PuckSlap]

BSTL in a public place.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Wait, I missed this part where not only does she make $300k to his $95k but he also pays for nearly everything because men do that "culturally wise"? I know lots of people and this seems crazy. Can you expand what he's paying for?

Like is he paying full mortgage, any and all vehicles, groceries, other bills etc?
while she banks almost all her earnings for herself? Do you know any couples yourself? What's your basis for an insane relationship like that being the norm? And when you say it's because "men do that culturally wise" you are insinuating that it's normal.

Technically he pays for the overwhelming vast majority of family expenses, yes. She contributes some of the fun stuff and looks after some of the more lavish things that she wants for her and the family like trips and clothing. When I say culturally, I am not referring to North American culture. This is engrained mostly in their culture but it's also a more unique situation where she's also the breadwinner making a much higher salary.

Believe the story or don't, it doesn't change anything form my perspective. This is also the same couple I argued with other posters about something else such as her living here illegally and getting an AB Health Care card and having the baby. Poster's didn't believe the story, thinking I am making this all up. She isn't some refugee, she's smart and very intelligent. She was a VP of a major global financial institution but since they put a return to office mandate and she worked from home in Canada illegally, she couldn't. At that role she worked her butt off without a doubt. They had a child and she landed a WFH gig with a US non profit with a still high but much lower salary than before. When her husband does a complete 180 and says she went from working non-stop to barely doing anything for said salary now, what would I do? Argue with the guy?

[Coach]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Technically he pays for the overwhelming vast majority of family expenses, yes. She contributes some of the fun stuff and looks after some of the more lavish things that she wants for her and the family like trips and clothing. When I say culturally, I am not referring to North American culture. This is engrained mostly in their culture but it's also a more unique situation where she's also the breadwinner making a much higher salary.

Believe the story or don't, it doesn't change anything form my perspective. This is also the same couple I argued with other posters about something else such as her living here illegally and getting an AB Health Care card and having the baby. Poster's didn't believe the story, thinking I am making this all up. She isn't some refugee, she's smart and very intelligent. She was a VP of a major global financial institution but since they put a return to office mandate and she worked from home in Canada illegally, she couldn't. At that role she worked her butt off without a doubt. They had a child and she landed a WFH gig with a US non profit with a still high but much lower salary than before. When her husband does a complete 180 and says she went from working non-stop to barely doing anything for said salary now, what would I do? Argue with the guy?

Welcome to every middle management job ever. This a complaint now? I thought this is what everyone was trying to do. Work to get to a position where you're paid to delegate to lower employees.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

I enjoy watching people take the bait every time.

When posters show you who they are, believe them:

https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showpo...ostcount=15694

I had a look at that post and I am baffled where you don't see what I said hasn't come to materialize. Like baffled beyond beyond belief.

The Conservatives wanted and are demanding an early election because of a near guarantee of winning a large majority. It's logical for them.

The Block had their use of Trudeau as much as possible and called for an early election as they have a real probability of becoming official opposition with all the status associated with it.

The NDP have had to change their tune because their electoral chances are changing. When they were in the agreement with the Liberals, they held a little sway but were still in 3rd place. Considering how unpopular the Liberals became with Canadians and Trudeau, they tried to navigate a little bit of the water but when it became evident the boat was sinking they changed course. The strategy for them is NOT to allow Mark Carney or Freeland to rebuild the party and stem losses and take over #2/3 spot.

So yes, Conservatives want an early election. Block is happy with an early election now. Liberals didn't want one then and don't want one now because they are done. The NDP didn't want one because of potential for lost seats but are now being kinda forced to accept reality on the ground and want an election now as opposed to October when Liberals will have stabilized.

Looking back on that post from 5 weeks ago, where am I wrong? I can't even remember how many posters from 5 weeks ago thought we were not heading into an early election. Today it's almost a certainty and a lot of people are furious at Trudeau and the Liberals for allowing this to go down as it is. Political analysts are hammering them on this fact as we could have technically been going to the polls this month to get this sorted out.

[Looch City]

Now she's an illegal alien as well, damn twists like M Night Shamalalayalam!

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Now she's an illegal alien as well, damn twists like M Night Shamalalayalam!

Technically comes and goes on a tourist visa and has for a little while. When your here on a tourist visa, you can't legally work although that get's harder to actually enforce with electronic and WFH as opposed to a jobsite. Bottom line is she is living here and working here with a tourist visa.

Trust me, it get's better. Her husband (my friend) is beyond a massive Trump guy. Loves him. We roast him every chance we get with his wife making a mockery of Canadian immigration rules while he's pounding the desk about American illegal immigration.

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Now she's an illegal alien as well, damn twists like M Night Shamalalayalam!

What is a res_alien?

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by curves2000

I had a look at that post and I am baffled where you don't see what I said hasn't come to materialize. Like baffled beyond beyond belief.

The Conservatives wanted and are demanding an early election because of a near guarantee of winning a large majority. It's logical for them.

The Block had their use of Trudeau as much as possible and called for an early election as they have a real probability of becoming official opposition with all the status associated with it.

The NDP have had to change their tune because their electoral chances are changing. When they were in the agreement with the Liberals, they held a little sway but were still in 3rd place. Considering how unpopular the Liberals became with Canadians and Trudeau, they tried to navigate a little bit of the water but when it became evident the boat was sinking they changed course. The strategy for them is NOT to allow Mark Carney or Freeland to rebuild the party and stem losses and take over #2/3 spot.

So yes, Conservatives want an early election. Block is happy with an early election now. Liberals didn't want one then and don't want one now because they are done. The NDP didn't want one because of potential for lost seats but are now being kinda forced to accept reality on the ground and want an election now as opposed to October when Liberals will have stabilized.

Looking back on that post from 5 weeks ago, where am I wrong? I can't even remember how many posters from 5 weeks ago thought we were not heading into an early election. Today it's almost a certainty and a lot of people are furious at Trudeau and the Liberals for allowing this to go down as it is. Political analysts are hammering them on this fact as we could have technically been going to the polls this month to get this sorted out.

At the time you were arguing that only the conservatives wanted an election? You then almost immediately pivoted and argued that other parties want one too, even though in this post you’re now ironically reinforcing why at the time they shouldn’t have wanted one. If you want to play the hindsight game ignoring everything that has happened in federal politics since then to try and frame it as a bold prediction on your part you’re welcome to do that.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Technically comes and goes on a tourist visa and has for a little while. When your here on a tourist visa, you can't legally work although that get's harder to actually enforce with electronic and WFH as opposed to a jobsite. Bottom line is she is living here and working here with a tourist visa.

Trust me, it get's better. Her husband (my friend) is beyond a massive Trump guy. Loves him. We roast him every chance we get with his wife making a mockery of Canadian immigration rules while he's pounding the desk about American illegal immigration.

Well she’s a US citizen working remotely for a US company, which there’s nothing illegal about. But I know you’re just doing the thing where you distract from your original point because you realize it’s stupid.

So let’s get back to it! Just to get this straight, despite having worked “her tail off” from home, this lady is an example of what’s wrong with WFH, and not her husband, despite him also taking multiple hours off a week to parent, and somehow she doesn’t deserve her salary because she “works less” then him (clearly in a more important role) and there’s some issue because the bills come out of his account and not hers, despite her paying for all of the luxuries and fun things on top of him covering the basics…

You can probably excuse people for having to squint to see what this anecdote has to do with WFH.

Seems like you were just whining because someone didn’t return an email and your friend is a baby.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Well she’s a US citizen working remotely for a US company, which there’s nothing illegal about. But I know you’re just doing the thing where you distract from your original point because you realize it’s stupid.

Well, it might be illegal, or it might not be. Like most things, the answer is: it depends.

Per Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), a foreign national can work remotely as a visitor without a work permit for extended periods provided that:

- They work for a non-Canadian company that offers business services outside of Canada.
- The employer pays them outside of Canada.
- The non-Canadian company has no Canadian operations, branches, or services offered here.

If the work meets all those requirements, no work visa is required because they're not entering the Canadian labour market. It wasn't the easiest thing to find that either.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Technically comes and goes on a tourist visa and has for a little while. When your here on a tourist visa, you can't legally work although that get's harder to actually enforce with electronic and WFH as opposed to a jobsite. Bottom line is she is living here and working here with a tourist visa.

Trust me, it get's better. Her husband (my friend) is beyond a massive Trump guy. Loves him. We roast him every chance we get with his wife making a mockery of Canadian immigration rules while he's pounding the desk about American illegal immigration.

How is working remotely from another country, while being in Canada, illegal?

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Well, it might be illegal, or it might not be. Like most things, the answer is: it depends.

Per Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR), a foreign national can work remotely as a visitor without a work permit for extended periods provided that:

- They work for a non-Canadian company that offers business services outside of Canada.
- The employer pays them outside of Canada.
- The non-Canadian company has no Canadian operations, branches, or services offered here.

If the work meets all those requirements, no work visa is required because they're not entering the Canadian labour market. It wasn't the easiest thing to find that either.

That, and if it were a Canadian company, there is no way they’ve got someone on the books making $300k while on a tourist visa.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Wormius

That, and if it were a Canadian company, there is no way they’ve got someone on the books making $300k while on a tourist visa.

What that's saying is that the non-Canadian company (eg: Microsoft Corporation) cannot have Canadian operations (eg: Microsoft Canada Inc.). For it to be legal, it would have to be a company without an operational presence of any sort in Canada, otherwise it's displacing a Canadian worker who could be performing that work.

[puffnstuff]

I would love these mythical people to come join CP, like when bronzel did.

[curves2000]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Well she’s a US citizen working remotely for a US company, which there’s nothing illegal about. But I know you’re just doing the thing where you distract from your original point because you realize it’s stupid.

So let’s get back to it! Just to get this straight, despite having worked “her tail off” from home, this lady is an example of what’s wrong with WFH, and not her husband, despite him also taking multiple hours off a week to parent, and somehow she doesn’t deserve her salary because she “works less” then him (clearly in a more important role) and there’s some issue because the bills come out of his account and not hers, despite her paying for all of the luxuries and fun things on top of him covering the basics…

You can probably excuse people for having to squint to see what this anecdote has to do with WFH.

Seems like you were just whining because someone didn’t return an email and your friend is a baby.

Like with every other post and poster you like to see what you want to see and like to argue random things, cause I dunno, maybe your bored?

She is in the country living here full time as a tourist and spending more than her 180 days in a calendar year. She comes and goes as she pleases to the US but spends more than 50% of the year here. That may be issue #1.

Her previous employer who she worked for has large operations in Canada, including Calgary. Working remotely in Canada without a work permit is generally not allowed. I actually don't care but the rules are the rules.

Her new employer, the non profit, may or may not have operations here. Frankly I don't care if they do but based on everything else said before, she is probably making a mockery of rules and laws. She is an American who thinks perhaps rules don't apply to her. I could go on and on but no point because you can't process it. She couldn't return to office at her east coast job because she lives in Canada.

There are multiple governments and tens of millions of people who are being told they need to return to office. This is happening everywhere. It's ok to admit your wrong. One missed email and call from me is not forcing trillion dollar companies to make these decisions. I am purely speculating that this is probably due to business decisions and management inserting control.

You may not like it, I may not like it but that does not mean it's not happening. I really don't know what point YOU are trying to argue with WFH.

For someone who spends an insane amount of time online from home apparently, do you really think the headlines and the culture shift is happening cause I said something on CP about a small AB Government department?

Just plain weird responses. Like you argue everything. A simple search about WFH a dying trend for a lot of employers and you get a ton of responses. Your answer? "The search engine must be wrong, I work from home fine!"

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

I know people are unreliable #######s on kijiji and FB marketplace and the like, but FFS, if I said I'd buy your entry door, and tell you I'm having my builders prep for it, and set up transport it and without a word it's just "oh I sold it to someone else"... I hope you die in a fire. So angry.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Technically he pays for the overwhelming vast majority of family expenses, yes. She contributes some of the fun stuff and looks after some of the more lavish things that she wants for her and the family like trips and clothing. When I say culturally, I am not referring to North American culture. This is engrained mostly in their culture but it's also a more unique situation where she's also the breadwinner making a much higher salary.

Believe the story or don't, it doesn't change anything form my perspective. This is also the same couple I argued with other posters about something else such as her living here illegally and getting an AB Health Care card and having the baby. Poster's didn't believe the story, thinking I am making this all up. She isn't some refugee, she's smart and very intelligent. She was a VP of a major global financial institution but since they put a return to office mandate and she worked from home in Canada illegally, she couldn't. At that role she worked her butt off without a doubt. They had a child and she landed a WFH gig with a US non profit with a still high but much lower salary than before. When her husband does a complete 180 and says she went from working non-stop to barely doing anything for said salary now, what would I do? Argue with the guy?

Woah, dudes. I plunked in Curves's post to google AI and asked it to condense it for me. I wonder if photon could whip up some code to do this automatically.

"The husband primarily finances family expenses, while the wife contributes to 'fun stuff' and luxuries. This isn't necessarily a traditional North American dynamic, but rather reflects their cultural norms, complicated by the wife's higher previous salary.

I previously discussed this couple (who faced disbelief) regarding the wife's illegal immigration status and subsequent healthcare access. She's highly educated (former VP at a global finance firm) but lost her job due to a return-to-office mandate. She now works remotely for a US non-profit at a lower salary.

Given the husband's criticism of her reduced workload, how should I respond?"

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Like with every other post and poster you like to see what you want to see and like to argue random things, cause I dunno, maybe your bored?

She is in the country living here full time as a tourist and spending more than her 180 days in a calendar year. She comes and goes as she pleases to the US but spends more than 50% of the year here. That may be issue #1.

Her previous employer who she worked for has large operations in Canada, including Calgary. Working remotely in Canada without a work permit is generally not allowed. I actually don't care but the rules are the rules.

Her new employer, the non profit, may or may not have operations here. Frankly I don't care if they do but based on everything else said before, she is probably making a mockery of rules and laws. She is an American who thinks perhaps rules don't apply to her. I could go on and on but no point because you can't process it. She couldn't return to office at her east coast job because she lives in Canada.

There are multiple governments and tens of millions of people who are being told they need to return to office. This is happening everywhere. It's ok to admit your wrong. One missed email and call from me is not forcing trillion dollar companies to make these decisions. I am purely speculating that this is probably due to business decisions and management inserting control.

You may not like it, I may not like it but that does not mean it's not happening. I really don't know what point YOU are trying to argue with WFH.

For someone who spends an insane amount of time online from home apparently, do you really think the headlines and the culture shift is happening cause I said something on CP about a small AB Government department?

Just plain weird responses. Like you argue everything. A simple search about WFH a dying trend for a lot of employers and you get a ton of responses. Your answer? "The search engine must be wrong, I work from home fine!"

Condensed this one two times for y'all.

"This discussion seems to be straying. It appears you enjoy debating various topics.

Regarding the individual, her extended stay in Canada and remote work situation may be in violation of immigration rules.

The return-to-office trend is increasing globally, driven by various factors.

I don't believe my comments are the primary cause of this shift.

It seems you disagree with the idea of a declining WFH trend despite evidence suggesting otherwise."