I want to move internationally - and keep my job
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Post date: 2020-02-27 16:09:48 |
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Have you worked for a large multinational corporation and engineered an international transfer between offices for yourself (i.e. the idea for the move was yours and you successfully/unsuccessfully convinced The Powers That Be to go along with it)? Please tell me about it!
Background: a couple years ago I moved 1000 miles from my hometown to BigCity to work at the head office of BigCorp. I like my job and BigCity is fine, but for various reasons I can't see myself settling here for good and would very much rather be in Hometown, where I have a strong network of family and friends. BigCorp has a small satellite office in Hometown.
As it stands, my job is such that I definitely can't just pick up and work from anywhere, but I'm thinking medium/long-term, it's possible that I could bend my responsibilities to be more conducive to remote work, or just up and try to transfer to a team in Hometown the next time they have an opening. I figure it's worth a shot, since Plan B is to just stay here for a while longer, and then quit and move back with my BigCorp resume to try and find a job in Hometown anyway.
Here are a few questions as prompts, but really I'm interested in any anecdotes around this topic!
- How did you broach the subject with your boss(es), and how receptive were they to it (vs thinking you were about to quit and move away anytime)?
- 2. Did you have to significantly shift the type of work you did, or were you able to stay on the same team and work remotely?
- How long did the whole process take?
I realize that BigCorps all have their own idiosyncrasies and your experience doesn't necessarily generalize to what mine might be, but all the same I would like to hear from people who have tried to do this before. (Note: the wording of this question is focused on office-to-office moves but I would also be interested in hearing from people who transitioned from office to remote/work from home, as long as the team you ended up on was still based in an office elsewhere and not 100% remote.) Thanks! |
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