Kiwilass thanks for the link. I've asked my wife to look into it as I'm doing last minute DIY on our house hopefully to put in on the market at the end of the month.

Do you guys know how long did you wait for your LMO from the time you have accepted your job offer?

yay - we have just had an offer accepted for a house in Burnaby Heights- N Burnaby . . . Hatton Av - off Duthie . . .

Congrats and good luck! We are looking at North Burnaby as well for a short term rent initially but don't have time to research as too busy doing last minute DIY before putting our on the market.

congrats

Ta DBoy - summer expats party at mine Me thinks

congratulations, one less stress having your own place

mine took 6 weeks

Ours was approx the same i think

terese and whiskers thanks. so would be expecting around 2nd week of March then.

Congrats! Welcome to the 'hood.

Thanks all. I'm just waiting for my LMO and wife still waiting for her offer letter.

I worked for Fraserhealth as does a friend of mine currently, and I strongly do not recommend that employer. They do not care about their staff, well they do but not you, they care more about their staff if you are Canadian.
They also, do not hire agency which means, if all your colleagues go sick as they did on me on me one night, you are it, and you are told to basically get on with it, despite challenging them and pointing out how unsafe that is and you are not happy to do so. The attitude is get on with it, and fill out an incident report in the morning (stupid when it is a bit late then to act on it).
Also I hardly saw the Manager, you were left to deal with all the issues from relatives, colleagues as well as get on with your work, there was no support. Had to be the worst hospital I ever worked in.

Personally I left and went to work for someone better, as is a friend of mine once her year term has ended, tied in with no leave for a year, and that is another thing, you burn out by the time that year is over, as I did, and as she has currently. I was ill when I got my leave after a full year as a result of being run down and exhausted.

After I left that place I never looked back and life was all good again once more. You wanted feedback from those who have worked there, well there it is.

Do yourself a favour and work for a better one. Providence is better and the best one I would say.

VCH and Fraserhealth are becoming one I heard, worryingly.

oh no Blackomb1...that sounds awful...whats more worrying is ive just signed my job offer and sent it back!!!!!!!!!!!!

which hospital was you in....no dont tell me i dare not think about it.

k

Yes, sorry. Well just do that year, don't listen to any nasty things you may well hear, as I did on day one how a British lad left after 6 months as he did not fit in and I hope you won't be like him.. type of thing.

Very bad for RN's to behave that way, and discriminate against you as I did see by the way. Though reporting it did nothing either. The Union listened but I would not say they are as strong as the UK RCN either, who by my standards were the best.

Anyway it may not be the same hospital, I hope not. And you may be okay in that case. Just use it to your advantage, do your full year, get your permanent residence asap as I did once you get here if you decide you want to stay as I do for the long term. Just not with that employer
And then at least you can look back as I did and say, well I gained from it too so no worries.. and I don't work there now.