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And that is a sure 'no' from my side. I have moved for a job once, I will not make that mistake again.
by swerner 10y ago
And that is a sure 'no' from my side. I have moved for a job once, I will not make that mistake again.
- ianai 10y agoWhat was your experience?
- swerner 10y agoIt is a sad life when you end up in a town where the only social connection you have is your work. When all your friends and family are hours away, odds are you'll end up spending your evenings and weekends on the couch, either working too much or watching movies.
- maccard 10y agoTo offer an alternative viewpoint, I moved away to a place where I knew nobody and had no existing connections. There's nothing wrong with having social connections with your work colleagues (you spent all day with people in school/university only to want to spend more time with the outside those situations, why is the workplace any different?), and there's plenty of other ways to meet people. meetup.com, sports clubs, pub quizzes, coffee shops, gym. Sure, it's not as simple as just picking up where you left off with friends before you moved, but it's possible, and can be rewarding!
- swerner 10y agoThat kind of dropping into a new environment was fun in my 20s when I went to university. Now I'm entering my 40s, and with a wife and family it's a very different situation.
- maccard 10y ago> with a wife and family it's a very different situation. Absolutely, and you're right. It's one thing to make the break for yourself, but a totally different thing to enforce that on someone else.
- ianai 10y agoI have minimized my number of connections wheee I live now for this reason. I've always wanted out.