Hurtin’ Bertans are miserable! News headline!

[Flapjack]

who wants to work 12s, 7 days a week? and for 30$/hr? sounds like slavery... I want 200K, a work/life balance, short commute to work and riding areas lol

Don't forget a company truck and credit card for "incidentals". 8 weeks paid vacay, bennies and pension.

 

[NoBrakes!]

at least

 

[LUCKY 7]

That's right. A pension income is more than that.

Good luck with 100k pension. I guess I was wrong all this time. I thought my Finning db pension was a good one but it's not in the 100k income. Not sure if I have ever met anyone with a 100k pension?

 

[snopro]

Good luck with 100k pension. I guess I was wrong all this time. I thought my Finning db pension was a good one but it's not in the 100k income. Not sure if I have ever met anyone with a 100k pension?

Justin Trudeau does?

 

[Got boost want snow]

Already picking at each other and snow has only been gone for about a month, going to be a long summer on snow and mud! Life is great in almost every province in this beautiful country. Enjoy what we have, make money where you can and show compassion to your fellow snow and mud dears.

 

[niner]

I never said that Lilduke! I said Bertans are miserable, negative, batchin, snivelin, complaining bout politix, glass half empty kinda peeps.
Bahahahaha!!

 

[Cyle]

Good luck with 100k pension. I guess I was wrong all this time. I thought my Finning db pension was a good one but it's not in the 100k income. Not sure if I have ever met anyone with a 100k pension?

Virtually any politician does.....

 

[Cyle]

who wants to work 12s, 7 days a week? and for 30$/hr? sounds like slavery... I want 200K, a work/life balance, short commute to work and riding areas lol

Work for yourself, $200k isn't hard and can somewhat choose work/life balance. Never going to get well off making someone else money.

 

[bobsledder]

Good luck with 100k pension. I guess I was wrong all this time. I thought my Finning db pension was a good one but it's not in the 100k income. Not sure if I have ever met anyone with a 100k pension?

Well, as an example one of my former co workers was the head electrical engineer for multi national oil and gas company with a DB pension at 2 percent per year of service to a max of 70 percent. He had 35 years service and a FAYE of 212k per year with a 30 percent annual bonus. Bonus is capped at 20 percent for pensionable earnings calculation giving him 254,400 x.7 = 178,080 annual lifetime pension indexed to inflation. Mind boggling I know but there people with pensions like that out there.

I guess you can say he is lucky to have made it 35 years and in the old db plan, No body gets that anymore.

 

[Tchetek]

I never said that Lilduke! I said Bertans are miserable, negative, batchin, snivelin, complaining bout politix, glass half empty kinda peeps.
Bahahahaha!!

I’m Happy!

69 percent chance chance this thread sucks nuts

 

[Lightningmike]

Work for yourself, $200k isn't hard and can somewhat choose work/life balance. Never going to get well off making someone else money.

This is very dependant on trade or job choice... as alot of oilfield peeps can relate to. Timing is a huge thing. Like the roll of a dice it can go either way

 

[Absledder]

Well, as an example one of my former co workers was the head electrical engineer for multi national oil and gas company with a DB pension at 2 percent per year of service to a max of 70 percent. He had 35 years service and a FAYE of 212k per year with a 30 percent annual bonus. Bonus is capped at 20 percent for pensionable earnings calculation giving him 254,400 x.7 = 178,080 annual lifetime pension indexed to inflation. Mind boggling I know but there people with pensions like that out there.

I guess you can say he is lucky to have made it 35 years and in the old db plan, No body gets that anymore.

Way off topic but I highlighted the important part. My current job requires 10yrs service and being at least 40yrs old before being eligible for defined benefit. Even then I'm sure they would only go off base salary and exclude any type of bonus/OT/location allowance etc. I'm not miserable about it though, just stating my current situation. I agree that most albertans need to chill the F out. ..

 

[tex78]

Well guys, I'll just say

I had my best year ever, even with covid bs going on


I've made more in bring cash, than Berta in boom times being a machanick

I left in 13 before the ch!t hit the fan

 

[tex78]

Harsh winter

Lmfao, ya OK


Had one day colder than minus 15 last winter, that's harsh


Oh and ditch tulips came out first part of February lol

 

[tex78]

JB Marine is for sale. You could buy yourself a job.

Buddy of mine and me, looked into it



I'm just not really a boat fixer guy, it's too slacked in the cold months, which is good for sledding, but not for pay checks and braaaap gas lol

 

[Stompin Tom]

Harsh winter

Lmfao, ya OK


Had one day colder than minus 15 last winter, that's harsh

Do you miss the non stop wind and blowing snow from when you were in Alberta?

 

[tex78]

Do you miss the non stop wind and blowing snow from when you were in Alberta?

Nope


Or the wild temp swings lol

 

[bobsledder]

David Staples: 'There's no better place in the world to be than Edmonton in the next 10 years,' business insider says

A cure for the gloom that’s gripped Edmonton since the oil economy tanked six years ago and was only made worse by more than a full year of COVID lockdown…

edmontonjournal.com

 

[Luke The Drifter]

David Staples: 'There's no better place in the world to be than Edmonton in the next 10 years,' business insider says

A cure for the gloom that’s gripped Edmonton since the oil economy tanked six years ago and was only made worse by more than a full year of COVID lockdown…

edmontonjournal.com

I sure hope even half of that optimism comes true. Dear Leader Trudeau will probably ban lithium extraction the way he's going.

For now pipeline and general construction seems to be going full tilt here. We have a lot of equipment slated to go to work this year.

 

[NoBrakes!]

As long as someone starts buying and burning diesel and the jets start flying people places.... "everyting gonna be alright mon"

Id be real happy to see some more wellsite shacks get rented and maybe even some new holes get punched.

TONS of reclamation in the next decades. the next oil patch boom will be cleaning up the old wells of the real oil patch....

but the saudis are now investing in vidiya games now instead of oil so I dunno....