Making tough decisions

But, better for one person may be worse for another. Each person needs to decide what is best for themselves and/or their family. The sole reason that our company is relocating is that our company was sold to a big corporation 5 years ago and even though they kept assuring the employees that they would not relocate the company; the company is now being relocated to a location within a few miles of the corporate headquarters of the corporation that now owns us. They are claiming the move is really being caused by a couple of other factors; but, anyone who knows about these things can easily poke holes in their explanation and point out other disadvantages to relocating the company to the area they are proposing. As a matter of fact, those of us who are not blind, can easily point out other areas around the country that would be much better suited than the one they have chosen. They have been making a lot of claims about the cost of living, renting and owning property, job market, etc. But, the people who have been researching these things have been finding out that these factors are either not true or were exaggerated. The actual cost of living is higher there, the pay is only fractionally higher than it currently is and some people will be taking a cut in pay, and if you have a spouse they will now be out of work and looking for a new job themselves. So, if you need two incomes to make ends meet, whether you stay or go someone will be looking for a new job.

may be then i think that if other people in your company are also not keen of the idea then why not protest for it and have it back to the area where it is standing if it is not possible then the only way is to find a place to an edge of the city where your company is standing and wont cause much trouble to your other members or the most importanat decision is to quit the job and search for another which are looking for a similar experice or higher maybe you may find a better job with higher salary

I agree that, if you have a family, you need to discuss something like this with your family members. In most cases both spouses/partners are coming to an agreement fairly easily on this subject. But, in a few cases it is tearing couples apart. One spouse refuses to go and the other really wants to go. In some cases, the children want to go, while the parents may or may not want to go; and vise versa, children not wanting tp leave friends and parents wanting to go. This change is causing a lot of stress for a lot of people.

Oh yes, I got that picture. Parents want to go, one of the children does not want to go. On the consensus one child who does not want to go is to be left with the grandmother. At the end he grows up differently from the rest of the children. That was what happened to my family, years ago. My parents, my two brothers and I moved to a new city to have a better life, one of my brother was left with grandma. He turned out to be so patient with life almost as if he does not have any ambition to improve his quality of life. I am sad for him.

My first reaction was "no way"; then, a second reaction kicked in - "maybe". Then I did my homework and was back to "no way". When my husband came home from work, I told him what was going on and his reaction was also "no way". So, obviously we are staying. But, over the past few days, I have been listening to others - some who have already made their decision and others who are still undecided. Some are having real problems making up their minds, some just need more information, and one person can't make up her mind until she knows more about her husband's health (he just got out of hte hospital a few days ago and might not be well enough to make such a major move).