Funny to see Imperial posting about supporting the Stampede while pulling so many jobs out of Calgary. Yeah, way to support the community. Not.
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@g7 It all makes sense when the plan is to divest the assets. Kearl will become a JV because it’s too expensive to sell it wholly.
Each refinery will be sold as buyers show interest. Likely, Edmonton will be the only refinery to remain supporting CA operations.
@g7 or moving those jobs to Buenos Aires. So stupid.
Trying to pretend the company still has a presence in Calgary is laughable. It’s been a sad decline, but Imperial’s presence in Calgary is a sham.
Moving corporate and commercial jobs from Calgary to Edmonton makes zero sense, but the decision is made by people who don’t understand the market. Losing most of the staff, and now the newbies in Edmonton will have to travel on business to Calgary to meet with the rest of industry. Spending $ to build a new campus while taking a massive loss selling the existing Calgary one.
It’s equivalent to moving commercial and corporate jobs from Houston to Baton Rouge. Makes zero sense.
@cc I've refused to do any volunteer or donation stuff under the XOM banner for the past several years. (I do community service & donations on my own). I'm not helping the company airbrush their image, knowing how poorly they treat their own people.
@cc maybe they should donate some of the money to giving employees raises this year or not firing them and offshoring their jobs.
@OP You should hear what they’re trying to pull for the upcoming United Way campaign. They claim they want to ‘focus on the people, not the company,’ but that’s a laughable crock. Every event they hold is drenched in Imperial branding and engineered purely for photo‑ops. Nothing about it is genuine — it’s just another staged performance to prop up their narrative.