@153
If you want to move to another location, that is a personal choice. I have moved around to a few places and the relocation packages are lucrative. But, if I was living in California and my family was from there, I would not relocate to Houston with the recent reorganization. There are jobs in Northern California and family is more important than any company is.
you write, " The problem with lack of willingness to relocate is that it is very common to be left without a job and that means no severance, no cushy package, nothing."
The truth is the people in California that accepted the EOI last year, actually received the "severance, and the cushy package", you must not work at Chevron or you live in a vacuum. I also know people that are still living in SR area and are still on payroll, they are milking the salary until next year but do not plan to relocate. I would like to think you are familar with what is going on but it seems you are out of touch with what is "realy" happening in the relocation process. Heck, there are people that in recorded in Houston with desks in Hou140 and 150 that are still living in SR area. ;)