Recently I was offered a promotion with a catch - I'd have to move cities for it. I turned it down flat. There used to be a time when I would have been overjoyed at the opportunity. However, with the direction the company's been headed and all the layoffs we've been having, I have no intention of taking such a risk. The last thing I need is to move with my wife just to be greeted with a layoff a few months down the road. I'm disappointed due to having to turn down what could have been a great opportunity, but I still think I made the right choice.
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Never relocate for HON, people who know DA personally and the culture he has propagated don't take that risk
Considering the cost of housing, you probably would have taken a loss right out of the gate. Smart move to say no. On the flip side, once you turn down an offer, that's one strike - do it again, and that's it for your career. You should start looking for a better company.
Good decision. Right now there is no vision except how to look good for the quarter. All employees are just numbers or replaceable bio-nodes of engineering skills. There is zero stability.
@trj, that is such a low-end comment it defies an appropriate retort...can't go that low.
@OP, you made the right decision. For starters, all of your moving expenses will become taxable income. They will put you up in a temporary apartment while you house hunt and add $20k to your taxable income just for that, as an example. If you quit or get fired within a certain timeframe you will have to pay back all of your moving expenses. You definitely made the right decision.
So special to get promoted and a privilege to decline. Is that part of “inclusion and diversity” program?
Did they offer to pick up all your expenses to move or was all that out of your own pocket. If you had to pay to move you did the right thing
suppose if the location is a hub then there's a chance it won't just be shut down to erm better support 'high growth' regions
but yep massive risk trusting them if moving family