Out of work

Bulldog · Post by **Bulldog** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:31 am

Well I finally got my notice at work and via registered mail that I will be layed of starting on july 2 2006. so I will be looking for some work this summer. I am a welder so I might even look at moving to Alberta they seem to have the high paying jobs out there for welders. so with my extra time off I will be doing a lot of scouting as well. I know that alot of you dont know me to well but I read all most all the post so I thaught I might share my bad news with you all.

rigbymi · Post by **rigbymi** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:53 am

Good luck with this situation.
Riggs

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:58 pm

Bulldog........................... no worries..................... best thing to happen to you. Go to ALBERTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Big bucks, lots of work, no stress. Welders make more than some family DOCTORS.

Don't go to Fort Mc'Murray, they won't let you leave.

Grey Owl

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:18 pm

Don't know how true it is but a guy that used to work with us went out there and he said he is making $75/hour as a welder.

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:02 pm

Your right ecoaster, $1000.00 a day is not out of line. Make hay while the sun shines.

Grey Owl

Farmer · Post by **Farmer** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:19 pm

A high pressure welder could stand to make some big money if he got on with the right company

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:28 pm

Best of luck to you Bulldog. I hope you find a new job soon.

kendo kid · Post by **kendo kid** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:36 pm

Bulldog,
The guys are right. Head for Alberta for two years and hunt some big deer. By then the Nova Scotia offshore oil field will be open. They will be building a pile of platforms out there and you can hunt Nova Scotia buck. Damn man you got a gift and did not even know it. Everyone else will have to pay big dollars for guides and you get to hunt those great places for the cost of a resident permit.
Kendo Kid

smitty · Post by **smitty** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:47 pm

where abouts do u live??

Bulldog · Post by **Bulldog** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:37 pm

I would like to thank all of you for your support I needed to hear that. I live in Kitchener Ontario was making $26 an hour. I will be taking some time off (summer) unless something falls in my lap. I worked at Budd Canada inc for the last eight years. I found that job I am sure I will find another. I did hear that Alberta is a beautiful province. Just have to talk the wife and kids into it.

Thanks again

bushmaster · Post by **bushmaster** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:01 pm

Alberta is bustin' at the seams right now. Finding a job for a welder will be easy. Finding a place to live with your family might not be.

10Ring · Post by **10Ring** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 6:35 am

Bulldog wrote:I am a welder so I might even look at moving to Alberta they seem to have the high paying jobs out there for welders.

This is true, at present and it might be a good option.

I work for an Alberta based company, I am in contact with colleagues there and get out there on business, occassionally.

One thing I suggest checking out, if you get serious about this option, is the price of housing/accomodation. In some areas, this cost has more than kept up with the increse in wages.

If you can find a job there in an area where the costs are reasonable, it might be a good move though.

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:21 pm

Bulldog, here's my scoop. I'm seriously thinking about moving to Alberta also. Alberta is just next door, and that'a a HUGE, HUGE, problem for Saskatchewan. People here are moving there in droves, our population is declining rapidly, even thought there is lots of work here for all trades. Less tax payers means less services. Hundreds and hunderds of people commute back and forth, but that can happen for only so long. Can you blame anyone for moving, with Alberta being the next Saudi Arabia.

Here's an excerpt of our local paper.

" After 40 years of extraction, the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) reported recently that only about 2.8% or the known oilsands reserves have been used up and another 174 billion barrels remain to be shoveled or steamed to the surface.
More than $100 billion worth of projects are either in the construction or planning stages and the only real limitation is people.
For Saskatchewan farm boys dreaming of paying for a shiny new vehicle in their first few years out of high school, the lure of the oilsands is not going to go away any time soon. "

I'll be moving there not for myself or my wife (that can take early retirement in less than 2 years) but for my two boys so they can have a promising future.

If you decide to go to Alberta, Saskatoon is on the Yellowhead highway, stop in for a visit or rest, I'll be glad to have you. Take care Bulldog and Good Luck.

Grey Owl

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