With these moves I understand the companies might have good reasons for that (costs, nu-favourable laws, etc.) but it always bothers me what happens to the empl

With these moves I understand the companies might have good reasons for that (costs, nu-favourable laws, etc.) but it always bothers me what happens to the employees ? Do they just "raise the anchor" and move with the company (if they do actually physically relocate, which does not seem to be really the case in this instance) ? Maybe that's normal in the US but the though of having to leave your friends, parts of family family, house/flat and familiar environment in general because your company decided to relocate somewhere else is frightening! Of maybe that's just my central-European perspective.