It rarely fails
You tell someone: i am not interested in moving from where i live now.
They say fine
15 minutes into the interview they ask what it will take to get you to move.
Sigh.
Youd think people would be able to comprehend that if i was willing to move, id have accepted a job offer from one of the nicer places already.
I keep getting leads from New Jersey, Illinois and California. Not that I would ever move there.
Just put your pinky in the corner of your mouth, and tell ’em:
“One meeeeeelllliiiionnn dollars!”
Might as well have some fun with ’em, while you’re shutting ’em down?
Oh, sorry. Forgot that whole don’t burn bridges thing. Nevermind!
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
I still don’t understand why a company would need to move someone like you who travels extensively for his job. A person is either trust worthy to telecommute or he should not be hired.
In a negotiation. Everything is negotiable. They dont know until they ask.
Ooh flashbacks.
I always wondered if I could do the relocation thing. At Christmas 2011 after 18 months looking to leave a place I loathed so badly that having the flu seemed preferable to going in I accepted an offer to move two states over.
It was eye opening in many ways. I didn’t realize I’d put roots down so deeply and would get homesick. Didn’t realize my wife and family were so attached to our current digs.
So come April 16th I was embarrassingly resigning and admitting I was wrong about being up to it and by May 1 we had hauled the last load of stuff back to our house that thankfully didn’t sell.
It’s always the question, until you ask THEM if they are paying for it… sigh
Over the years I’ve had three offers to move me and all my crap at no expense to me. I would not have moved to the places they wanted me to work in for any amount of money. Family, life long friends and my sanity are worth more than money and being miserable. I WILL go for weeks and months at the time but no relocating.
Them – So, what would it take to get you to move here?
Og – I’d rather shave my testicles with a rabid pit bull than move here.
Them – So….. that’s a maybe?