PART 8 - Has your office laid people off - With poll

[ganesh]

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Accepting an offer this afternoon, glad to be going back to work.

Congrats.

[flipstah]

Fraser winning again! Yay!

[mazdavirgin]

Survived the whole downtown without a layoff and just signed a new offer with a new company for more pay and more vacations Looks like things are picking up out there!

[adam c]

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[austic]

went with other...no layoffs slightly lower raises and still large bonuses.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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Accepting an offer this afternoon, glad to be going back to work.

Attaboy! Glad to hear it.

[Gestalt]

As much as I dislike the socialists, im surprised how minor this speed bump was, and the brief pause allowedsome upgrades and investments for the wife and I.

Good luck to the remaining few unemployment.

[89coupe]

I know many who are still unemployed, many who have moved and have changed professions. The industry is far from recovered, and is still in a very critical state. Congrats to those who have risen above and gained employment, but there are many who are still struggling and many who are still in a state of uncertainty. Don't be naive into thinking the industry is on the upswing, because it's the farthest from the truth.

[g-m]

It's certainly on the upswing. You're just not going to see $100bbl oil anytime soon or maybe ever and companies are much leaner with higher standards so not everyone will get back in

[killramos]

Agreed that things are on the upswing, no one is saying its 2013 double meat subs for everyone and every useless idiot who can wake up in the morning gets to make a 6 figure salary, but that things are reversed from getting worse to getting better. Hopefully at a sustainable pace that doesn't lead to another crash in the next 5 years.

[suntan]

About 25K people laid off from the downtown area, about 50K everywhere else in Calgary.

Minor. Yup.

[mr2mike]

NOT on upswing. Media is lying to you.
It's not like there's jobs everywhere. Most have given up this industry and moved on or just "retired". Hiring freezes and salary cuts still here.
Buildings around here are still half empty. Probably of the people that were severed, they've hired back 0.01% of them.

[ExtraSlow]

Retirement is

[phreezee]

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NOT on upswing. Media is lying to you.
It's not like there's jobs everywhere. Most have given up this industry and moved on or just "retired". Hiring freezes and salary cuts still here.
Buildings around here are still half empty. Probably of the people that were severed, they've hired back 0.01% of them.

Agreed. We are still in a CEO must approve every hire situation.

[HiTempguy1]

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NOT on upswing. Media is lying to you.
It's not like there's jobs everywhere. Most have given up this industry and moved on or just "retired". Hiring freezes and salary cuts still here.
Buildings around here are still half empty. Probably of the people that were severed, they've hired back 0.01% of them.

If I was laid off, I could not come remotely close to the jobs I've had since 2008. Definitely not a comeback in Alberta.

The rest of Canada is starting to recover. So the country as a whole is starting to look great, Alberta not so much. Suntans numbers are spot on, and all those jobs were for higher paying/professional positions. That's staggering :o

[flipstah]

Brookfield Place is almost done... Does Cenovus have enough bodies to fill that? Meanwhile, The Bow is empty af.

[R-Audi]

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Brookfield Place is almost done... Does Cenovus have enough bodies to fill that? Meanwhile, The Bow is empty af.

Brookfieid place has been ready for tenant improvements for many months now... however I dont think there is a single floor with work being done, and that includes the 200k sf that Scotiabank is taking.

[flipstah]

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Brookfieid place has been ready for tenant improvements for many months now... however I dont think there is a single floor with work being done, and that includes the 200k sf that Scotiabank is taking.

Really? Because they just started clearing the road so finally, we'll get 4 lanes again on 1st St SW!

[R-Audi]

Cenovus has their current space in the bow and future space in Brookfield up for lease, in hopes that something moves. Chances are slim right now though...they have major issues though, real estate covers something like 10% of their liabilities right now which is ridiculous.

[g-m]

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NOT on upswing. Media is lying to you.
It's not like there's jobs everywhere. Most have given up this industry and moved on or just "retired". Hiring freezes and salary cuts still here.
Buildings around here are still half empty. Probably of the people that were severed, they've hired back 0.01% of them.

My comment wasn't based on anything I've read. But hey you're certainly entitled to your opinion