New Jobs & Higher Pay
23 October 2006
by
Jb
Filed under
News
Life in Alberta is pretty good these days, what with all that oil money flowing around. I’ve seen reports of typical minimum wage jobs being left empty because employees can find higher paying jobs elsewhere, so that these places are starting to have to pay oil salaries in order to find staff! Can you imagine? A fry jockey at McDonald’s making $20 an hour? It’s not unheard of.
So imagine my surprise today when I see a sign here in Toronto from an employment agency advertising construction jobs in Alberta: “Work in Alberta…$10-12 an hour”. Hang on a second, why should I move all the way out to Alberta for a job that only pays $10-12 an hour? I mean, I could find that type of pay rate (or better) here in the GTA. I’m sure you could find better pay rates for the same job in Alberta! What’s the deal with that employment agency? I surely hope that sign was posted incorrectly, otherwise some poor schmo is going to get taken, big time!