Should I Stay or Should I Go?
December 15, 2009 Tips Comments Off
A memo from your boss arrives. He’s delighted to inform you that your not part of the retrenchment.
He further adds that he is happy with your performance as an employee and hopes you will remain in your job. However, your job will be relocated in some place or some locale where you cannot commute easily from your current home going to your office. Hence, you must bring your family, find a new house, find new public schools for your children and move to another unfamiliar territory, not to mention your wife, who is employed near your present address, must quit her job and start all over again.
You know this is not an unusual situation. Big companies tend to think that they can operate efficiently in a new town and either hire new workers in that town or bring their employees altogether. Should your employer tags you along, you must choose whether you want to relocate or stay look for a new job.
If you choose to tag along, you must consider these practical factors before moving out: the standard of living in the new town, job prospects for your wife and the town’s quality of life. These are just the usual facts that a moving family must decide on but if there are other matters for you to consider, include it in your decision so you wont have any second thoughts.