Why do recruiters think people actually want to live in NJ, CT, GA, WI, etc. They're all crap places to live.
@mawr well I am definitely not anywhere within that market
@Daxarhagron To which market do you refer?
@mawr basically at this point, western Washington and Oregon. Vancouver BC too.
@mawr OH job market, I can words today.
@Daxarhagron Aha! That makes sense. ^^
@Daxarhagron My dad told me once that his workplace, an international company, had offered him a promotion that would have required moving the entire family to the middle of nowhere in Siberia. The conversation as it was relayed to me was along the lines of "So I know you're going to say no but my boss said I have to ask you: do you want to move to Siberia?"
@Felthry wow...just..that would be a giant no for me too haha
@Daxarhagron Apparently the company sunk billions of dollars into an installation out there, building basically an entire city for its workers--and then had a lot of trouble getting anyone to move out there.
I wonder if they ever did get people to move out there.
@Felthry that certainly sounds like a boneheaded move by a company with too much money. Sounds like IBM or Cisco.
@Daxarhagron Not quite so boneheaded. Siberia has abundant natural resources that could be used to make the company's product, so it makes sense on the "this is a good place for it" side, but not so much on the "we'll find people who want to work out here" side.
@Daxarhagron Cheap housing at least in a couple of those. If I could get a west coast wage in a place like Madison, Wisconsin, I could afford to buy a house there and actually have financial security.
I'm not gonna, 'cause I prioritize friends and location above absolute financial security, as do most folks I know. It's not the wisest plan, and it honestly probably won't pan out for many of us. :<