Transferring to El Segundo from Dallas or Atlanta? The costs in California is the first concern.
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So true , when the NOC closed in San Diego quite a few followed the work to Dallas, 6 months later surplus. Be careful when the company says jump, it just might be a cliff.
@1dwp smart move. NJ is insanely expensive. Housing near Bedminster is through the roof expensive & the Middletown area is just like another country.
Be very careful. A friend of mine relocated to Dallas on his own dime. It was very disruptive to his family, and within six months of moving there, he wound up on a surplus list.
I got surplus in March because of my current location. I had the opportunity to relocate to NJ in order to keep my job in AT&T at that moment. I am 5 years away from MR75. I decided not to relocate because no one can guarantee that I won't be surplused again in the next 5 years. Everyone's life will be impacted if I relocate. So I left company in March. Based on all the reorgs/surplus/outsourcing going on, right now I think I made right decision without relocating for this company.
@11jfycI0-sln
Wish I could up-vote your post (and other posts here) a thousand times!
I moved for the company, sold my house the whole shebang earlier this year. Within 5 months of moving, I receive a surplus package letting me know I was at risk of losing my job. I don’t regret moving, just regret moving for the company.
@11jfycI0-kot Thanks for answering a question not asked.
Do not do it. It's expensive and you have no guarantee they won't pay you off anyway. It should not even cross your mind to move for this company. You are just a Kleenex to them and when they finish blowing their nose on you, you are in the trash. Understand that if nothing else. We have greedy and incompetent executives running the show.
Im in ATL, definitely not recommending you to move here, at least not for ATT, depending on which org u belong to, you'll either office in downtown ATL or Alpharetta which is slightly north ATL. Traffic here s—s, your insurance rates are gonna go up. Housing around millions of dollars in ATL and north suburbs. You may be able to see houses around 200-300k if you're willing to drive 60-80 miles a day.
My daily commute now is 64 miles a day working in downtown. Moral is, dont move for this company. It isn't worth it.
I am born and raised from "there" and advise against it. Los Angeles, and California for that matter, were at one time a great place to live. Our office is a few miles from El Segundo LA1 and to attend meetings there is a royal pain due to the 405 freeway. It's not worth it unless traffic, high rent and home prices, and homelessness is something you seek.
I've seen employees from elsewhere in the country move here and feel for them as they come to the realization the mistake they made. Think about it before making the leap and you can never say you weren't told.
If your management you will get a pay bump for moving out there. I heard that some managers were gaming the system moving to Cali, getting like a 10% bump for COL, staying 2 years then moving to Dallas where its so much cheaper. The issue will be job competition. If you arent in a certain business unit moving their and getting a higher pay bracket will likely draw attention to the game and get you on a list. Tread lightly if that is what you are doing.
I left my wallet in the El Segundo
I would not move. My home is paid off. I have no debt. No way I’d move to the sh1thole known as CA. Unless I was a year or two from retirement.
El Segundo average home price 1.5 mil so hopefully you’ll be getting a huge pay raise. But you can always sell your home and roll all that cash into a studio apartment. Then enjoy the commute which will take hours everyday and dodge the homeless on the way into work. Maybe you make it for a few years before the ax lands again and you’ll be asking about braklistva.
OP, I could be wrong but I doubt you will get any better advice than the first three posts. They’re looking out for you and have given slightly different ways of saying it....now it’s up to you.
There is no way I would move for this company unless I wanted to live in a new area and find a new job. I've seen too many people pick up their families and move only to be laid off within a year. The reward is not worth the risk.
It's an expensive area in which to live, even by Los Angeles standards. Commuting to that area is hell (405 fwy).
Personally, I could have transferred there (30 mi away), but chose to retire, rather than trying to commute or move there.
Unless you really have a desire to live in CA, I would pass.
Are you crazy? You’d take a chance making a move for this company? So you can be surplussed within six months of your move and join the ranks of the homeless encampments in California? Really?