I am moving my family to hub as a single earner. I am very anxious as I don’t know if I will have a job after move. Lost a lot of money due to poor financial judgment and this seems yet another one. How do I convince myself this move is good?
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Are you upgrading your skills in AIOPS? If not - do it fast, learn and leave
If you're asking this question, then you already know the answer.
@OP Cool story bro.
Are you technical? Yes = move. No = stay.
Are you over 35? Yes = stay. No = move.
Why are you trying to get sympathy here. You should meet career and financial advisor and not waste time here for sympathy from others.
Don’t sell your house. Rent Month-to-Month. No more anxiety.
Do you have critical skills in demand. Ask for relo if you do. Some have received funding to move.
Don’t move unless the company moves you. Incurring the cost to sell your home and relocating your family for a job that may last a year is an unnecessary risk!!
@as bright side is DFW market isn't awful. Several HQ and NA HQ moves here in recent years. JP Morgan, Goldman, etc here with sizeable presence. Move and start exploring how to escape AT&T. This is a sinking ship.
“ How do I convince myself this move is good?“
You don’t.
Because it isn’t.
Company is not paying to move. Plano definitely has more jobs compared to my city. I have exhausted my search here. Landed few interviews and went to final stages but didn’t work out.
Unless the company is paying for you to move, this is not the time to do it. More big cuts are coming. Don’t uproot your life, update your resume and tell your partner to do the same.
The $1.5B campus AT&T is building in Dallas will only hold so many people and AT&T's ultimate goal is to close all hubs and run the whole thing from Dallas. People in Hubs are not safe fromn being asked to move again in the future. If you were asked to move to a hub they were likely expecting you to refuse.
AT&T will be cutting alot more people over the next 2 years ( especially with the spacex thing) so bottom line is if you relocate to a hub, as long as the place you are moving to has more oppurtunity then you have now then you will be fine even if AT&T releases you. You have done all you could do.
Your spouse needs to get a job.
My job hunting has not worked. The only way I can conquer this is to stay foolishly optimistic everything will work out even though i am in a sh-t storm. My finances are a mess. Can’t sleep and yet need to RTO and perform.i need to tackle big things and I don’t have the mental or physical energy.
Moving for a job is not a good idea. You are better off leaving the family behind so they are not uprooted and looking for a new job.