The Brain Drain Thread

[you&me]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

How old are your kids? Are they at risk of becoming Leaf fans?

Oldest is 8... That's a definite concern.

Part of the motivation for moving is so that the kids don't grow up in a depressed environment (it's more nuanced than that - don't read too much into that)... It would be a shame if they became leafs fans - out of the frying pan, into the fire

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by you&me

I have no intention to turn moving into a regularity and this is 100% driven by choice. Not that we've even made up our minds yet, but I suppose that's why I'm trying to be extra considerate of the effects on the kids... I'd hate to cause any issues just 'cause "mommy and daddy thought it would be nice to live in Toronto"

I wouldn’t say you’ve got much to worry about on that front.

It’ll take about a year for them to sort themselves out socially. In that time, expect a ten percent or greater drop in academic success, but like I said, just for one year and then things should stabilize as their environment becomes more predictable.

Kids are resilient, they’ll get over it.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

I wouldn’t say you’ve got much to worry about on that front.

It’ll take about a year for them to sort themselves out socially. In that time, expect a ten percent or greater drop in academic success, but like I said, just for one year and then things should stabilize as their environment becomes more predictable.

Kids are resilient, they’ll get over it.

That's what I keep trying to tell myself - it's not like this is the first time in the history of man that a family has moved hahaha.

Like I said, I'm born & raised here and I've never done anything like this... It seems like I might be projecting my own nerves...

As far as the academic hit, I'm not too worried about that, but again, any issues in that regard are lessened by taking a sooner-than-later approach while school isn't too serious.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by you&me

That's what I keep trying to tell myself - it's not like this is the first time in the history of man that a family has moved hahaha.

Like I said, I'm born & raised here and I've never done anything like this... It seems like I might be projecting my own nerves...

As far as the academic hit, I'm not too worried about that, but again, any issues in that regard are lessened by taking a sooner-than-later approach while school isn't too serious.

I only bring up academics because they caused most of the conflict in my house growing up - mostly because my folks couldn’t understand why I was struggling.

Some of it is my fault, I can’t sit here and say my effort level was ever more than 75-80%, but I concluded recently that switching schools every two years was of absolutely no help. It’s very difficult to learn new math when you’re trying to cobble together a friend group to get you through the day.

[Flamenspiel]

Further news on the brain drain from Toronto, Suncor’s head office for Petro Canada moving to Calgary. 700 jobs, just like the old days, congrats on escaping the rat race you ex-Torontonians.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by Flamenspiel

Further news on the brain drain from Toronto, Suncor’s head office for Petro Canada moving to Calgary. 700 jobs, just like the old days, congrats on escaping the rat race you ex-Torontonians.

Was talking to a hockey buddy last night who works for Suncor. He's in the Calgary office but pretty much his entire team was in Toronto. None of them accepted offers to relocate to Calgary, they all took a package and are leaving. He's not sure if Suncor will replace them locally fill from surplus bodies within the organization, or just not fill them at all.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

Was talking to a hockey buddy last night who works for Suncor. He's in the Calgary office but pretty much his entire team was in Toronto. None of them accepted offers to relocate to Calgary, they all took a package and are leaving. He's not sure if Suncor will replace them locally fill from surplus bodies within the organization, or just not fill them at all.

Not surprising as there's a reason they call Toronto the center of the universe. A lot of Torontonians seem to think that that the rest of Canada is a massive downgrade from Toronto. I have worked with companies with offices there and they hate even coming to Calgary for a week for training or an inspection. The ones I have worked with that transplanted from Toronto never shut up about how much better the weather was, the lakes, this and that, blah blah blah. I find them more annoying than Vancouverites to be honest.