sample of one.

I need proof. Alot of people lie in this industry. It's believable. My friend is doing IT for an oil company and he manages an army of filipinos in Calgary.

problem is 50/hr in fort mac isnt a lot...
basement suite run between 2000-2500/month
eating out cost a lot more and groceries run about 20-30% more and grocery stores are always out of stock....

if you make $30 an hr in van....you need your wage to at least double for it to be worth your while up here...or else at $50...you are breaking even..perhaps a little less cause chances are you will either be living in the sketchy part of town downtown in a run down apartment for $1700/month, or a basement suite uptown for $2000-2500 a month.

Want a rent a nicer condo...prepare for about 2700-3000 a month for a decent apartment uptown....

I was born in the Mac, lived there until I was 7. My parents sold their house for $104,000 half furnished. From what I've been told, that same place is worth over 1M today... crazy how much its blown up over there. What is even crazier is, it was blowing up in the early 80's when my dad moved there to work at Syncrude..

I have good memories as a kid, but from what I've learned about Ft Mac since, I'll never go back..

Yea the housing price in Fort Mac can rival certain parts of Vancouver.....a small detached house in a subdivision (so basically detached townhouses) will go for 1.2-1.5 million.....
but on a positive note, you can get 2300-2700/month for ur basement suite depending on size of the suite etc.

A little off topic :rofl:

Most people get a living allowance and ontop of that they share the place with 8 newfies.

50 dollars just doing desktop support isn't that believable unless its a 9-5. Then it is.

I'm glad if I get this job. I'm trying to avoid ft mac at all costs.

Also like I said above. A lot of people lie that work in the patch. They exaggerate their numbers alot.

You could rent a room in fort Mac and apt in van and fly back to van on your days off and it would be cheaper than a basement suite.

No point getting your own place here. I get picked up at 530 and get home 15 hours later then I go to sleep and repeat. Just get the cheapest place u can find. The junkies piss by my front door and crawl in my garbage like raccoons but I don't care.
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Or just get a camp job and not have to live like a rat. You can live like a gerbil.

I want a camp job so bad.

No you dont.

Why not? I've been to one of the camps in fort mac on site. It didn't seem that bad.

The only thing that I don't like is the shared bathrooms. But there are some positions on site where they give you your own bathroom, or at least, shared with only one other person.

You must not have stayed long.

LOL nope. I strolled through, maybe 30 mins tops.

Try staying for 14-35 days.

That's what I'm hoping for!

Maybe on the 21st day, or 30th I might hate it. Well, who wants to work for 30 days straight. Until then, I'm going to giv'er a shot.

yea well I cant fly out as often as I'd like, so I'd like a decent pad to call home
My basement suite is actually quite decent, full kitchen 1 bed room and a den
brand new, and rent includes all utilities, cable and internet
nothing like the pad I had in Vernon for $1100/month (3 bedroom waterfront condo w/ 2 heated parking stall)....but its doable and I don't feel completely miserable when I'm at home haha

got the job ^_^

not bad. 300 a day. so 7 grand am onth.

Congrats man!

Living on camp isn't terrible, even when I was working a 21 days on, 7 days off rotation. It really depends on your personality and how well the camp is set up.

Before tax, so closer to 4300 take home.

Depends on the camp.

thats a little high for the tax rate. it's probably more like 5k take home.

First office that me and buddy had on our list to go apply today and we left with jobs. I think..?

She told us to come to the orientation on Thursday, to bring in all certificates and a void cheque.

o ok

Which company?