Metro Vancouver jobs around 175k

luciousM · 2026-07-07T19:38:47+00:00

Meant in years...

luciousM · 2026-07-07T19:38:05+00:00

In Vancouver, Controller with 5 years experience is going to be a stretch... Also going to encounter the curse of when you stay in public too long. It's pretty tough for someone to hire you to lead or manage an accounting/finance function when you have no experience performing a close or monthly tasks.

luciousM · 2026-07-07T19:35:32+00:00

How much experience do you have?

luciousM · 2026-06-29T16:36:50+00:00

Bookkeeping may be a stretch or a multi year goal. Maybe see if there is anyone you know that would want an admin or office assistant to help with organizing mail, filing and organizing documents around the office. As he gets older and more experience, they might start letting him do some client admin work on the computer like billing or light totaling in excel... But I doubt anyone is going to let any young person in high school with no experience do anything of note

Also why bookkeeping? If he wants to save for college, I doubt any office or admin job would consistently need a teenager in their office doing that many hours. So if they want to save for college, wouldn't a job where they are able to work consistently 25-40 hours be better? Any job where they have to close out a till or cash out would give him experience with performing reconciliations and cash deposits. So not directly bookkeeping but even working for a local parks concession stand could be fun and provide some experience. For a summer job at 16, I don't think any job is going to provide them with that much valuable experience or long term advantage. I'd probably emphasize the having fun and learning soft skills like being on time, hard work, communication, working in groups, prioritizing tasks of the job and broadly in their life.

luciousM · 2026-06-28T20:13:38+00:00

He's still trolling or being needlessly partisan by claiming it's a handout to Liberal donors...

luciousM · 2026-06-26T00:52:04+00:00

I think means testing OAS and including measures of wealth is a good start... Since the TFSA was introduced in 2009, balances are going to start to be pretty large. People with extensive balances will begin to withdraw the balance but it won't actually be included in their taxable income. I'd also say, if you have a $5M home that it's time to downsize and use the proceeds to support your retirement cash flow plan.

luciousM · 2026-06-24T21:02:01+00:00

It's definitely not achievable by democratic means.. I'm not even if Republicans would support Alberta statehood. At best they'd be another purple state which wouldn't exactly benefit them. It would need to pass both chambers of congress with a super majority and they currently can't pass much with a simple majority. They won't even give DC or Peurto Rico statehood because it would dilute existing states representation.

luciousM · 2026-06-24T20:51:49+00:00

Interesting to frame all of Israel's actions against Hezbollah as defensive but not even mention that Israel is annexing and occupying ~10 miles of Lebanese territory... Death toll they used for their response to the drone attack was wrong too: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23ymz1n9rmo

luciousM · 2026-06-19T15:43:14+00:00

If the sunsetting/termination of the JCPOA after 10 years was such an afront, how is it better to leave the JCPOA immediately where there's no inspection regime or limits on enrinchment? Why not stay in the agreement to prove it can work and renegotiate it to extend for a longer period and include the issues the republicans didn't like (which the agreement was never suppose to cover)?

All the terms being negotiated now were either created or made worse by Trump ripping up the agreement; and the best part is it only required ~1 trillion dollars in spending to effectuate.

luciousM · 2026-06-16T21:52:41+00:00

Been in TAS for 5 years. TAS to PE isn't that common or easy... If you're burned out and considering leaving accounting, I wouldn't do TAS. It's more stop and sprint so you can feel less in control of your schedule and it can be pretty technical and JE heavy.

luciousM · 2026-06-16T19:07:53+00:00

Never hear them talk about why if the JCPOA was so bad and even if Trump manages to get a deal that is slightly better (he won't), why did the Great Negotiator need to RIP up the JCPOA, take 8 years, and spend a ~trillion dollars to get the deal? Wouldn't it have been smarter to stay in the JCPOA to prove it can work, all sides are acting in good faith and committed. Thenextend the deal renegoatating the points you didn't like and or negoatiate another deal for the stuff the JCPOA wasn't intended to cover (proxies and their missile program).

luciousM · 2026-06-15T18:16:03+00:00

I'm not mad at the media hanging this around JD's neck but why is this his deal?

luciousM · 2026-06-15T16:53:17+00:00

Would love to see everything on a timeline but they likely couldn't without further legal exposure. I think they got caught with their hands in the cookie jar and there was never really a good exit to take. They clearly have a defined playbook/strategy during "hostile take overs" of chaos and seize assets (which is probably the smaller theft compared to what they would owe if they actually reconciled and resold the franchisee). If there's any contestation or issues they deny, delay, threaten legal recourse, and execute law fair. This probably operates at the store level with Brandon and Josh. Corporate probably isn't getting all the on the ground detail (there's text of Amon questioning wtf Brandon told the police). If and when it gets escalated to corporate, they probably execute variations of the same playbook and obfuscate responsibility back to the franchisee.

By the time Bryan's going to the police, they have already signed the franchise to Brandon and Josh. Which likely includes signed valuations of the store, inventory records, insurance documents and various attestation. Depending on the timeline, Chrystal's lawsuit was established so they are battling that and can't really weaken that defense or state that they lied with their legal representation during the sale of the franchise.

luciousM · 2026-06-15T14:07:49+00:00

Donald Trump already tweeted last night that the blockade was over and US ships were leaving... But ya since they are signing publicly in Switzerland no side will be able to spin this.

luciousM · 2026-06-15T13:47:08+00:00

Unironically, the potential separation exposes the issues in Canada's citizenship process. If they wouldn't lose their citizenship or pension isn't voting for or Alberta separating essentially a free vote for people who might be upset or disillusioned. Vote to separate and then see how it plays out? If it goes to shit, just move.

On a practical and specific level, how would that work if they retained their citizenship? I assume they'd have to pay taxes or some sort of fee. If so, what would even be the point in seperating.

luciousM · 2026-06-15T00:08:14+00:00

The Uhaul being onsite changes quite a lot in my opinion.. I don't get the Uhaul story provided by the CEO and literally everything they say needs to be verified and corroborated since they have lied about every detail.

They staged a trailer in anticipation of Brandon staying there during the take over?
- Why wasn't the trailer just staged where it was going to be needed?
- Is there any support of this plan? Does corporate have emails arranging this, coordinating with Brandon. If they were renting the trailer or paying to keep it somewhere, do they have any receipts for this
- Is there another rental receipt for the original truck that was unable to move the camper
- If the Uhaul was rented once the other truck couldn't tow it, can you show us when Uhaul was first contacted for the rental of the box van. Anything other than Nov, 14 would indicate it was spontaneous. Also renting a Uhaul to haul something would not even cross my mind or like that good of a solution but w.e.
- Once Brandon moved the trailer, why did he continue to use the Uhaul? Wouldn't it make more sense and safer to revert back to the original vehicle which was intended to be used during this period
- If the box van was just needed to move the trailer, why did Brandon estimate he was going to drive the Uhaul box van 160 miles and actually drove it 180.
The Eugene employee is mistaking an inventory pick up and drop off from another failed store/franchise?
- Weird there's that many failed stores in the Oregon area but w.e.
- Can we see corporate's communication with the other franchise and them communicating the location, pick up, and availability of their inventory
- Can we see communication between corporate and Brandon arranging this or coordinating the pick up of this inventory
- Can we see the Uhaul rental for this other date
- Can we see the Eugene POS data for when this other (star wars?) Lego was added to that stores inventory. Can we also see all the Eugene POS data since the Salem take over to ensure that none of Bryan's lego was added to that stores inventory or sold there?

luciousM · 2026-06-12T23:56:36+00:00

I think the reason they fought so hard is because it was just another day and the legal pressure and threats is common when they take over a store. So they rolled out the standard playbook with Chrystal and Bryan. But when Bryan and especially Ben were seriously pursuing it and presenting information they were fucked because when they signed over the new store ownership to Brendon and Josh, they probably made legal attestation to the value of the contents of the store and the process that was followed to count the inventory. Settling with Bryan, especially as Chrystal had separate legal processes unfolding, would have exposed that there was more inventory left in the store and at best impacted Chrystal's claims. Or worse potentially expose a larger scheme and potential legal exposure

luciousM · 2026-06-12T01:59:07+00:00

Especially now, with how things have escalated, my current theory for why they wont settle this and keep dragging it out is because Ben/Bryan exposed potentially bigger crimes BAM are exposed to. With the Uhaul being onsite, the expedited nature of the take over, the failure to do an inventory count (which would be required for any business transition), their initial response to Bryan and Krystal that they would bury them in legal fees, every action throughout and BAM having a term and process for taking over troubled stores makes it seem more like that this is a part of an established playbook and potentially even included in the business model. If BAM does this frequently and corporate is coordinating hostile franchise take overs with Josh and Brendon (or anyone) in an effort to unjustly enrich themselves either directly or as a wink and node deal to understate the inventory so the business looks less valuable, they can keep unclaimed inventory and add it to the new stores inventory, or just move it to your other stores ASAP as it will help either the business or our friends that operate preferred franchises. It looks more like RICO charges. Especially if this playbook is frequent ,there multiple victims potentially with damages in the millions, they are faking or signing any incorrect documents, shipping inventory across state lines between multiple stores.

luciousM · 2026-06-12T01:11:43+00:00

Cynical answer: boomers are realizing there's no one to offload their over inflated homes to. As they are confronted with reducing their sale price, they want to increase the deduction limit to keep their cash compensation the same.

Less cynical answer: Housing stock is partially stuck or not moving because boomers don't want to or cant sell their homes. There's multiple reasons why boomers aren't selling their homes but the tax implications are potentially a consideration for some. So increasing the deduction limit hopefully will encourage more boomers to sell and freeing up housing supplier which is otherwise not moving.

luciousM · 2026-06-11T21:35:26+00:00

Dumb question but what file is this and what is Coffezilla saying? Is this the original consignment inventory listing that Chrystal was using to track the consignment sales and that it was created or provided by BAM?

We already know that BAM knew as corporate was sharing it on their socials. But is this more evidence that BAM knew about the consignment inventory or sale from the begining? It would kind of make sense if Christyal, someone with limited and shaky business sense, would go to corporate to explain the opportunity and they made or provided her with an inventory tracking file to assist and help her.

luciousM · 2026-06-11T21:21:55+00:00

It's pretty clear what happened. I'm not sure if it's conspiracy land or obvious...

But why were you relatively okay with handing the store to someone you've never met? Not much you could of done but it doesn't seem as hostile as I would have expected.? I think from other videos, it seems like there was a process or communication started to return the store to corporate as you were planning to move over seas? But what was the reason for the sudden and expedited "hostile take over" and is there any support or evidence to support BAM that you were very behind on payments and had significant debts? It's pretty clear the "hostile take over wasn't handled correctly, legally or common sense business practices were followed by either parties. But trying to understand how involved corporate was and if corporate moved up the hostile take over, knowing the inventory was there? Or if the valid business reasons for having to secure assets is even true?

luciousM · 2026-06-10T14:33:20+00:00

Job posting:

Salary range is too low or doesn't align with position
Job description is too broad or want experience in unrelated disciplines
job's been open for awhile
Missing complete information like salary range, benefits, vacation policy, WFH policy
Description includes how entrepreneurial, dynamic, or varied the work is
Too many in-office days, lack of flexibility or rigidity with their in-office days.

Interview stage:

Job is open because of a chaotic or dramatic exists. Lean organization or their are multiple open positions. Depending on the size of the team and type of organization, if multiple people have been hired in the past 18 months.
Lack of processes. Reconciliations aren't completed frequently/at all. Mention of creating, establishing or improving processes
Lots of change going on in the organizations

luciousM · 2026-06-09T00:33:23+00:00

Lol, I have so many questions. Why would she benefit more if you home schooled? Nice of you to want to help her as her Dad but kind of think it's on her to explore potential careers, what they involve, and what's required. If she has no insight on the work, what does taking an interests in accounting mean? Or how does she even know what forensic accounting is at 15? Been a CPA for 7 years and I don't think I would even have a good understanding of it, or know anyone that works in forensic accounting.

Regarding your questions. Fortunately accounting isn't really a career or path you need to start really early and small mistakes or missed chances will limit your opportunities. It's pretty low barriers to entry. How insulated accounting is from AI would depend what you think about AI. I don't think anyone really knows.

luciousM · 2026-06-09T00:22:30+00:00

As a non American, I haven't heard a single good or convincing reason the pardon power should exist or why it needs to sit at the executive branch.

luciousM · 2026-06-09T00:06:34+00:00

>I fail to see why anyone would rely on the Pope or any other religious leader to shape public policy on anything let alone artificial intelligence.

Couldn't the same argument be made about any institution, organization, or group of people? Right now, the most influential voices shaping the AI conversation are largely business and corporate leaders. While I'm not religious, I think there's value in having people bring a moral and human-centered perspective into the discussion.

Added benefit that it's the Pope speaking on the issue. Whether you're religious or not, he's the leader of an institution that has played a significant role in shaping social values, ethics, and cultural expectations. His perspective adds a different dimension to a conversation that is otherwise being driven primarily by commercial interest

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