Fort McMurray - Story on working in the area

[Riznek91]

Yea because fort Mac is so close to Ontario you fucking retard

[biglogstrongman]

Ontario media trying to brainwash people, and keep them in the big, dirty, cities close to Toronto where everyone is broke and policed.

[DelRosario185]

Lots of money but most of them go home without any due to alcoholism and drugs.

[DoubleDion97]

All the boys going up to Fort Mac from Calgary are leaving their wives back home. Their wives are fucking everything that moves while their men are up there workin 12's. Fort Mac is a fuckin; shithole. Too many Somalians and dummy Albertans. I've lived there. I'm not from the East Coast but the East Coasterners are the only decent people in that dump.

[DelRosario185]

@DoubleDion97 I agree. It's the devil's playground.

[chadberry75]

our manufacturing is gone..so oil..is basically it 4 jobs in canada..sad..

[gregjalbert]

Automobile air pollution, automobile noise pollution, day after day. Puppets of the oil / automobile / asphalt industries, free yourselves. Stop the criminal industrialist destruction of the environment and our health; protect future generations. CarFree . com -- FreePublicTransit . org -- BicycleCity . com -- PostCarbon . org -- StopTarSands . org -- TransitionVoice . com -- TransitionUS . org -- ClimateProgress . org -- Grow your own food.

[philacoudre]

Can't imagine comes the day where all the oil been sucked off; what'd be left there? Tons of pollution and junkies all over the area? That's what's coming next.

[envoy3]

It's the people who stay I feel bad for. i lived in g.p for a good portion of my life and the only reason i ever went back was to get money to pay off debts and get ahead. The people who stay longer then they should or waste most of their youth up there that need to shake their head.

[RobDK5656]

Recipe for success and tell me if it's possible.

1 good circle of friends, 1 goal to strive for, 1 timeframe and a little patience.

Get into the drinkin' and the blow and you've lost before you even started!

[redspecial27]

I'd rather be on welfare in a decent place than be working for 300000 a year up there. I was there for 4 months and fucking hated it. Lost 20 percent of my strength due to NOTHING to keep yourself active with. Fat people a-plenty. When you die, you won't be taking that money with you. so Why risk taking years off your life due to pollution in fort Crack?

[murial8]

@redspecial27

Sounds like your a lazy *ss, I'm surprised you didn't make it longer up here. I've been here 7yrs and making good coin. I ain't a fat *ss and I still have my health.

[redspecial27]

@murial8 I'm not lazy at all. As soon as I got back to BC it seemed so alien seeing people who werent overweight. I'm in good health now and I love the people here.

[envoy3]

@murial8 I'd rather be happy then working non stop in a lame ass job. Money doesn't bring happiness to everyone.

[DelRosario185]

@envoy3 correct.

[label1877]

@redspecial27 You would rather be on welfare than work? So you need the big, bad government to hold your hand and wipe your ass? You miss your Mommie? You sound like a future street bum... good luck with that.

[MrRossT1]

@redspecial27

How did you get fat if you are working on an oil rig? I've done tripping in and tripping out on a double and I really don't know how you got fat. I was sweating. My lats were hurting...oy. I prefer the iron rough necks ( automated rigs. :)

[crazyshannon007]

Check out FortJobs.ca if you're interested in finding work here.

[geeq13]

I've been in fort mac for almost 3 years now.. ife aint that hard here.. for sure once you get to work on site, your basicaly set for life.. people usually work here for five years, save as much as they can, invest there money somewhere and leave...reporters always makes it sound like its the worst place on earth.. they should just focus on pollution the place makes...it makes more sense

[Sanaonyx]

$1000 is missprint is actually$10.00/ Day

[Sanaonyx]

I hate this Place! Hell Is Better, At least is Warm & Cozzy!

[RebelThunder]

i would love to work in fort mc.i dont mind hard labor.i'm still young anyways.lol.I just don't know where to apply. I might drive up there soon. hope I could get hired. :)

[aziv]

@RebelThunder dont just drive up here hoping to get something.

dont wannt be rude or anything but I could be saving you a lot of time and money. Know people, have a good background, plus the hiring process is long for oil sand jobs in particular.

[175yam1]

@aziv hi im canadian liveing in england, how long to get a job? and im 48 but need to come home, im not a skilled worker,but want a labouring job ? but im fit and strong what are my options, im good at small engine work,but want to get into drillers helper, anyidea of what a labourer gets paid

[redspecial27]

@RebelThunder whether you get hired or not youre gonna be used abused and mistreated by your employers.

[label1877]

@redspecial27 Duh...that's why they call it... WORK.

[redspecial27]

@label1877 haha aand only up there theyd treat you so bad that you feel like crap afterwards

[RobDK5656]

@redspecial27 At that high a pay scale, I wouldn't expect any ass-kissing or christmas cards! Those paycheques don't come without some sort of a price

[MrRossT1]

@redspecial27

Not when you drive a bus! :)

[fortmcmurraycash]

Another thing 1000 bucks a day is normal. And those guys were just rig rats. That's a shitty job. Nigger work. I would never do it. Anything less than a 1000 a day is chump change....

[sokkatua]

Racsim is evil.lets embrace love for a change.

[sixinafour]

@sokkatua

KEEP CANADA WHITE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sokkatua]

@sixinafour whatever Hitler

[fortmcmurraycash]

All you bitches stop complaining. If you hate fort mac so much than leave!!!! I'm sick if people like you bad mouthing it....but....your still here. Leave if you don't like it. It's simple, go away. I've been here for 7 years love it. Made 230k in 2009 and worked 14 and 7 shift. Plus 3 weeks vacation....paid. Where else can you make that money??? I have a family. We love it. It saved us. I can keep a job here. Ontario is huuuurting real bad.

[kylefa18]

fuck you reporters. " with the money they've been making at 26 yrs of age" that little maggot wishes he was in our posiiton when he was younger. like we dont deserve it... most of us work our balls off.

[mtmaclean]

Where's your PPE reporter?!?!?

[odarusslayer]

fuck people that dont arent actually from fort mcmurray bitching about it . People that say this is a good town are fucking retarded considering this place is actually fort crack alberta and not to mention the fact that people go to the food bank living in rich houses only translates to the fact that they are living beyond there means and cant afford the bullshit rent to live within their means. I guess what im trying to say is FORT MCURRAY IS FUCKKKKKKEEED.

[indiegal881]

Yeah but so are alot of towns. At least it has a little bit to do here. unlike some times. And because there is money here drugs follows. If kids werenot working and the parents had less there would be less drugs because no one could afford it. But i guess thats what they depend on...

[jchaytor]

Like i fucked your mom :)

[tarafrommontreal]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Druggies, tons of drugs, druggies littering the streets. Sounds like Montreal. First day I was supposed to start this job, I was out waiting for the bus to get to work, and the cops stopped me because apparently I matched the description of some junkie who freaked out at the gas station. Can you imagine? So I get to work late, first day. Damn, I can't wait to leave for AB, only 4 more days now!

[tarafrommontreal]

get up at 6??? Please!! I get up at 4. Last year at 3:30 and got home around 8-9pm. Fucking work my ass off here. So I decided, why work my ass off in Quebec for 18$ an hour as an experienced trades(wo)man, when I can go to AB and actually earn something. I'm telling you, if I can sleep until 6am I'll be happier than a pig in shit. So sick of this shit here, working my ass off and getting nowhere.

[LuVmE2dEaTh]

this town is rugged....and imma sad resident who lives in it!

[NightRyder4life]

yah.. hard work tho.. like My dad said . u have no life... u get up at 6.. gear up go out.. u get off around 8-9ish... go home have a shower... go to walmart have sum packie say ur stealing somthing... fight about it for a few mins.. then get home have sum Kd .. then go to bed at around 10-11... then do it all over again. takes it outta yah after awhile.. but worth the paycheck

[on2wheels]

Rizzo! did you work at GLM tanks in Battleford too!?

[KrazeeKanuck]

Lots of horny wives up there!

[ownit23]

im gonna work in the rigs

[primeaul]

eat, shit, sleep

[dpsninja]

yeah man go there ballers only hope you like your jail cell skid shack and indians w.e phat cheques

[neznai1]

If some one has a information how I can get there !!! thanks a lot !!!

[FortMcMurrayAlberta]

$1000/Day hmm

I make $8/HR at my job right now.

I don't know should I go to Fort Mack?

[helloflowerpower]

No you shouldn't move to Fort McMurray unless you know all the details and have a game plan I wouldn't want to see you living on the streets or in your car like many newcomers to Fort McMurray. Don't believe everything you hears, workers tend to not tell the whole truth on there salaries.

[afn09436]

Thx for putting this up - a good piece with some good images that tell the story. I follow the oil sands business closely & for anyone considering working in Alberta (or Saskatchewan) this would be a help in letting them see what they could be getting into - no piece of cake, but great pay if you are willing to tough it out.

[obreongramirez]

so we should ask for a $25.00 and hour here in usa;that kid its making closed to a $100.00 and hour,just tu put a damn drilling bit on the drilling machine,we have to refute the damn 7 dollars and hour some emplyers want to give to the usa workers

[MostLikelyDan]

Except I highly doubt you're paying the same the guys in Fort Mac are paying for property, then there's other living expenses, and then there's the fact that you're out in the boonies. Not all fun and games :D

[fugazi787]

he averages a $1000 a day if you factor in overtime pay. they work 6 day work weeks, 10 - 12 hour days. On average you're looking at 20 hours a week OT. Throw in some double time here and there and wham! BIG BUCKS!

But like they say, its like joining the military...but for way more dough.

And like one dude said, cost of living in Ft Mack is a joke.

[bladeere14]

plus the bad housing, useless RCMP, tons of drugs, and druggies littering the streets.