>How many Americans could really cover a cross country move out of their own savings in search of work? I've done this, twice. But only because I really needed

>How many Americans could really cover a cross country move out of their own savings in search of work? I've done this, twice. But only because I really needed a job. Now that we're settled, it won't happen again so easily. One time I did it with a job already locked-in. Second time for my wife with no job locked in but it did work out well. Once we're settled in our locale, it will take a great deal to get us to move again. Someone would have to be offered a lot of money and the other person have some sort of opportunity available. Eg. my wife is a teacher, we'd need it to be a state where they had reciprocity. The fact that we need to move like cattle and have such lax labor laws to be let go with no cause are not really conducive to each other. Like what happened to your friend. Hard to imagine they truly couldn't find her some other job to do within the company when they "shifted priorities". I say this as someone who is never a victim of circumstance, we are those who within reason, move or do whatever it takes to get ahead. So we moved but we've both also given up all our friends, family and the comfort those bring. But it remains that American work culture and labor laws are completely upside down and they need to change.