Planes, Trains and Automobiles
A house in the suburbs, a happy and healthy family; on some days it may seem that you have it all. Then the perfect job offer rolls in -- over an hour away.
Now you are forced to make the decision between uprooting your family in favor of this new opportunity or turning down the perfect job….or are you? Since 9/11 when we started to see a shift in employee priorities, companies have been devising new ways of attracting top talent to their organization.
One of the latest business trends emerging in the workplace is extreme commuting, practiced by top-level executives who do not want to relocate for the purpose of a new position; they want to have their cake and eat it too. Different than telecommuting, these individuals actually make the long commute to the office which may find them on the road for as many as three hours each day.
Other executives may adopt a work schedule that sees them flying to the office on Sunday evening or Monday morning, and not returning home until Friday night (not dissimilar to the work schedule of many OTR truck drivers). For the right candidate match, companies are often willing to pay all living expenses, including rent, for executives who make the sacrifice of spending time away from home.
Read more here.
Posted by Shelly Paul, Career Management Coordinator, The H.S. Group
Now you are forced to make the decision between uprooting your family in favor of this new opportunity or turning down the perfect job….or are you? Since 9/11 when we started to see a shift in employee priorities, companies have been devising new ways of attracting top talent to their organization.
One of the latest business trends emerging in the workplace is extreme commuting, practiced by top-level executives who do not want to relocate for the purpose of a new position; they want to have their cake and eat it too. Different than telecommuting, these individuals actually make the long commute to the office which may find them on the road for as many as three hours each day.
Other executives may adopt a work schedule that sees them flying to the office on Sunday evening or Monday morning, and not returning home until Friday night (not dissimilar to the work schedule of many OTR truck drivers). For the right candidate match, companies are often willing to pay all living expenses, including rent, for executives who make the sacrifice of spending time away from home.
Read more here.
Posted by Shelly Paul, Career Management Coordinator, The H.S. Group
posted by The H.S. Group at
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