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Several years later, and after 3 more seasons planting out West... I had to reference this thread for a Labour Law class where we've been told to recount a situation in which we (or somebody else) experienced an employer do something stupidly illegal. A few notes, from a long way away: 1) My underst...

First off, totally agree with what newforest has said above... the culture of silence, shame and deference is definitely a hindrance to investigating how bad the reactor leak actually is. Having said that, the IAEA is a pretty robust regulatory agency that seems to have this shit pretty dialed. It i...

Just perusing the tent posts recently as I've been trying to sell one. The above post is bang on. Setup means a hell of a lot more than the brand of tent you buy. That said, I can't tell you the number of "awesome" Canadian Tire tents I've seen totally mangled by the weather, or simply jus...

Toronto, ON or Kingston, ON. Take your pick!

Hi friends, I'm moving (far) and unfortunately have to part with my second home- my trusty tent and bed. The tent is a TARN 3 by MEC, a "3 man" tent that will host you and your gear very comfortably. Super reliable, can (and has) withstand the biblical rainfall that only the planting life ...

So did these fellas ever get their shit together?

I like you, because you're reasonable, and polite as fuck!

Best of luck to you this spring, and with what sounds like a budding business!

Honestly, it's a crock of shit. Doesn't work, and probably makes you smell like a pic-a-nic basket for them bear folk. I got sucked into the hippy-dippy pseudoscience of 'essential oils' (eucalyptus oils, citronella) for a bit on a particularly buggy block. It sucked; let me make that mistake for yo...

Try Spectrum! And you will probably regret it. There is a lot of good companies with short season. Spectrum s strength lies in the non-planting, non-brushing area, where the offer good day rates wages. This is fair. That said, he's worked for Summit and A&M... been there. Spectrum's season is a...

Check it, y'all! These guys are fucking fantastic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV2g4_wWvzY

Try Spectrum!

Pink is easily the most visible, but for that reason is used almost exclusively for management. Blue it is!

^Regarding the supervisor Brandon... he's a dick. And not in a productive/motivational way, either. I won't be working for Spectrum next year; the quality of the company definitely deteriorated even relative to last year's season. If you can, work somewhere else. That said, a lot of very decent peop...

Everything about this sounds way better than A&M in Ontario. If you have to work in "Onterrible", this sounds like a pretty solid place.

I think the above reviews are unnecessarily negative- with some caveats. Yes, the prices are pretty shit. 10.5-13 tops. I found the food was good (wouldn't rave about it, but not bad.) As to getting screwed, I watched my numbers like a fucking hawk after my first year in Ontario, where I got totally...

It sounds like the people you worked around were very professional and that Folklore is set up well as an honest organization that respects its workers. Major kudos. But otherwise this review sounds pretty brutal! Religious environment (yikes) alone would get me... but mediocre food?!? OH THE HUMANI...

For those with experience: Do you think that Raven would be an appropriate Spring gig for somebody who has worked 2 years in faster, easier land in Central BC? (Canfor for Spectrum) Honestly, the reviews on Raven have been consistently fantastic, and I'd like to hear more about these guys. Also, I'm...

This sounds sketchy as hell. By no means am I a grizzled vet, but I've worked around and I've never heard of this. I would be wary (and totally uncomfortable) of letting my employer decide how much I have "really" earned each day. To say that there's a base price, but not name it just seem...

That is Epic. Epitomizes everybody I have met who says "Oh, How hard could it REALLY be?" hahaha.

And those bright eyed ones who come in expecting farmers fields and fountains of money. "I'm an outdoorsy person!"
Unfortunately, I was that idiot last year!

I think an important consideration to make here is that sharpening the blade can result in some nasty accidents. We had a guy this spring who (okay, this guy was an idiot) sharpened his shovel to the point of it basically becoming a blade... and of course he lacerated his hand, resulting in a hospit...

we definitely never many 10 hour days. It did sound like there was an issue with our second camp, but some days we were pulling 2 hour drives in to the block (and sometimes the goddamn bus broke down...)

Hope you're well too prof (X, i presume? though I could be wrong) The wheelchair probably didn't help my planting. I think you said it. Chris knows what he's doing, and as he takes more control of A&M, I imagine it will get a lot better. Just compare this year to what I heard about last year (m...

dreamofcream- I don't want to speculate, this being my first experience in the industry. Though the overwhelming majority of what I'm hearing here is pretty negative, save some of the better planters of A&M. and to the master of the mega-spliff, "The Silver Fox" (Hope you're well by th...

Here it is: "The ministry considers the time an employee spends getting to or from a place where work was or will be performed (with the exception of commuting time) as working time. Commuting time is usually not seen as working time. Commuting time for an employee who has a regular work locati...

Update on this. First of all guys, I want to thank everybody here for your advice. It was incredibly helpful. I got in touch with Chris Hendsbee at A&M. He was very helpful, and has since agreed that I am owed approximately seven hundred dollars, which I have agreed to. I'm happy with the way th...

Hey man. Yeah, I was camp 1. I'd really appreciate knowing exactly our days off/half days. I'm pretty sure I've got it, but just to be sure.

Total wages: $1100 in Cash advances. Final cheque for sixty dollars. I also gave them the infamous $100 deposit. So grand total for (conservatively) 41 days of at least 9-5 labour works out to be $1,060. This is after all deductions and taxes. As to our work hours, this fluctuated a LOT. There were ...

Thanks for the information here guys. As to minimum wage: I believe I signed an obligatory working contract up north that had something to do with minimum wage versus hours. I've asked the company for a copy of that contract. Basically, what I believe they did in this situation was to round down the...

It's not something I'm that broken up about. I didn't expect to make a ton of money in my first year, but I did expect to net around $1500 (Which Chris Hendsbee very strongly indicated would happen in my phone interview.) Look, I'm not criticizing Chris, because I doubt he has a lot to do with payro...

Hey guys. Planted this past year with A&M, (Spring 2011) as a rookie. Long story made short, I think I got screwed by these guys. I don't think I was a terrible planter, nor was I a highballer. In my crew, I was definitely in the middle of the pack. In July, I got a cheque for sixty bucks (I als...