也许与这些‘候鸟’有关吧。 " F; y* ?/ i& _4 e! Q; @/ p c2 |$ ^Newfoundland's oil ripple effect: As prices fall, commuting workers stay home 9 N t7 i% S a. x M# aFor years, thousands of Newfoundlanders commuted back and forth to Alberta's oil patch, working three or four weeks at a time and bringing home plump paycheques. Many of them aren't going back this fall.4 F2 {/ e& A( Q$ o% \; [
Newfoundland有数千人来往于阿省与Newfoundland之间, 目的就是paycheques。 " a, `4 `( s2 O2 L; Y9 B
听听这位仁兄是怎样说的 ( D- H* V/ t/ ?4 t( d- q# ^Darryl Day used to fly from Gander to Alberta and back — 22 days out, 13 days back home. He was recruited at a job fair in Newfoundland six years ago to drive heavy machinery for a hydraulic fracturing company. Those were the "good times."4 p: d, ~. ^/ m- m% q; E
22天在工作,13天回家休息。
本帖最后由 量子风水 于 2015-10-6 17:34 编辑 . b f3 |% F5 e, l* B) T 7 a& ?4 S& |; i5 U这位仁兄还算走运,在家门口找到一份工,只是钱大大的少了, 只有在阿省工作时的三分之一。: p6 O7 L' X$ C' C% b) p. P
Darryl and Bev Day are better off than many. He got a new trucking job nearby, earning about one-third of his pay in Alberta. They had put some of their "oil money" away, unlike some younger workers, who went cheque to cheque.