>Ontario, Canada
>been slammed for the last few years, expanded my business
>last month slow af
>talked to other owners on site, also slow af
>Developers putting condos and detached on hold until mid 2024
>Ultrarich clients full steam ahead for personal work
How about you?
>everything is going to be ok guise the fed will pivit soon :D:D
>no OT in over a year
>constantly running out of raw material
plenty of new orders being placed though
why
boss has a few years worth of work and just took my resume off indeed because of all the shitty job offers despite telling them to frick off
Idk i quit my job and moved out of ontario
Where did you go? I'm taking 4-6 weeks off to travel Canada and USA to figure out if I want to stay in this shit hole province. Every year it costs more and more to live.
Big clients are all in the same stages of projects right now so that money has dried up until later this year. We've started trading work with a small company who does what we don't like to do, and we do what he doesn't like to do, so he's been calling to give us more and more projects
2400 racks to install in this data center, 5000 in the new building going up across the street. Work secured for at least a year. Chicago union
Been slow since October. Maybe three full 40hr weeks of work since.
Leaf?
Nope. U.s gay. Around Chicago
Hvac is always busy. The gov backed heat pump grift is in full swing
Almost a year now, still no customers
in BC, Canada working as a steel detailer. It's been pretty busy with the boss asking us to do some OT if possible. He says fabricators keep calling to see if we can pick up any more jobs but we just don't have enough people atm. New residential and commercial renovations/seismic seem to be the busiest right now but we still pick up custom home, industrial and public art projects to keep a good variety and not get bored from doing the same things.
A sample from the left coast.
>Vancouver Island, B.C.
>work at building materials supplier
>90% of customer base is individual contractor & large developer companies
>while local City Hall boasts healthy growth in building permits issued, very few are actually used
Home builds are way WAY down, but numerous low rise apartment buildings (not condo's) are being erected at a pace not seen in 40+ years. Not a boom, but healthy.
That said, the Windsor Plywood, Rona, and Lowes made some deep layoffs last September. My company went thru the winter doldrums fine. However, we should have seen business increasing in March and April and while it is very slowly gaining, it is not at levels like in the past. I was told for Feb we were down 30%. March & April were slower than usual as well with many staff members commenting how dead it is. We actually went thru a few rounds of layoffs at end of February and early March. We had 10 people of our crew of about 52, laid off.
I suspect the midrise projects have more momentum. Once you start a project like that, you'll want to finish it no matter the costs. Plus the loans/funding have already been secured.
We got a weird situation in Canada though with the mass immigration. I suspect housing projects in Canada will remain favorable for some time to come, despite otherwise poor economic conditions.
My God the economy is going to hurt when it finally breaks.
Very slow American machine shop
Pressure washing, not a soul wants my service.
>worst case Ontario
>39 years old
>stay at home son
>jerk offd and cut the grass today
>things are good here, boss
How's the situation in Florida so far, did the Mexicans go back to work, or never even left?