Relocation
Relocation
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Just curious how many times you have relocated? I.E. moving cities?
I've been in engineering and technical jobs since 1996 (1993 if you include co-op)
This will be my 3rd post college relocation (and 5th city if you count co-op jobs)
Moving is tough but for the job one has to do it, especially in this economy.
I've been in engineering and technical jobs since 1996 (1993 if you include co-op)
This will be my 3rd post college relocation (and 5th city if you count co-op jobs)
Moving is tough but for the job one has to do it, especially in this economy.





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5th city if you count college
been working in the "industry" since '98 (summer after freshman year)
yea, yea, yea.....shaddap, i'm young
do you have a family?
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Was looking to get a house in the town i grew up in. Then I got laidoff. Tough.
Now I'm moving 5 hours away (but a quick 1 hour flight)
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LOL.
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Seems like it comes with the territory these days.
James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
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12 years in 2nd location...3 jobs
15 years in 3rd location...3 jobs
Out of the 8 jobs, have had 5 different employers, 2 of them twice (including myself)
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I know of a person who has had over 20 relocation's (a real job shopper)
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is the '82 worse than this one?
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Cheers
Greg Locock
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Chris
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Over here the recession looks like being worse than the one in the early 90's, maybe as bad as the one in the early 80's when our manufacturing base was destroyed by Thatcher. I can remember the 90's one clearly; I'm a little too young to have appreciated how bad things were in the early 80's but I remember the closure of the shipyards and the Miner's Strike which both hit North East England so hard.
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Interesting to see different people views on the 70's 80's and 90's , to me this is the worst as they were more local recessions, so it depended far more or where you lived and the industry you were in.
I cannot agree with Scotty, Thatcher was the saviour not the villain, prior to that the unions had brought down successive governments with unrealistic demands. Whilst they were striking for things like sacking workers for being a sleep and a non qualified electrician changing a light bulb, in Europe they were working for better working conditions and redundancy packages, so we are still seeing plants closing in the UK because it is cheaper to do so despite them being more efficient.
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I don't deny the unions weren't everything you describe. She didn't try to fix the problems with the unions, she just destroyed the industries which supported them and killed the unions that way. It was a high price to pay, too high as we are faced with the utter collapse of her precious service industry economy like some house of cards in the wind and with nothing in its place.
Thatcher's method of saving British industry was akin to curing toothache by cutting off the patient's head.
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- Steve
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The truth is no doubt somewhere in the middle; who decides what is the truth anyway?
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Good luck,
Latexman
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If it weren't for the gorgeous weather and women, I would have never moved out here if I knew then what I knew now.
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3 companies
6 countries
11 moves
My record so far is to move continents 3 times in the span of 12 months
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Now it's more tough. My "wife" and child have put roots down in Sompting, but I have thoughts and offers further afield.
(BTW Scotty, if you're implying/thinking I'm a Kent boy, nope. Cornwall/Plymouth. Unions in the 70's meant "The Dockyard")
- Steve
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Any recommendations on nice areas to live. I think my halfway point is Elgin.
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Can't comment on Elgin or surrounds though. I was closer to Lisle/Naperville/Aurrora.
- Steve
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- Steve
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Just a little paranoid about posting too much information as I've posted alot of info critical of my last position and things that happened there.
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"BTW Scotty, if you're implying/thinking I'm a Kent boy, nope."
'Twas an example only. I'm not a Durham lad either. No offense intended - just as well I didn't choose Essex!
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- Steve
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You are correct, the site does not have a PM facility. Anyway, I dug out my map and it's all coming back to me. I used to spend many a weekend in towns on the Fox river that runs N/S through the far west 'burbs. Most of them are really nice places. A river really makes a town.
- Steve
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Central Illinios, Rhode Island, East Central Indiana, and Mid North Indiana so far.
MechEng13
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I've lived around Chicagoland for the last 16 years (although I'm up in Wisconsin now).
Elgin would be a good choice for accessability. It's a nice area, or at least it was last time I spent any time there a few years ago. It's growing very fast and there have been traffic congestion/urban sprawl issues, but that's true of virtually all Chicago suburbs.
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1981-1985 Columbia, MD 1 job
1985-1994 Mesa, AZ 2 jobs
1994-2005 Chambersburg, PA 1 job
2005-present Waco, TX 2 jobs
That is since graduating when we lived in Provo, UT.
5 locations and 7 jobs in 31 years.
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Ben Loosli
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If you have to commute North and Elgin is your halfway point I would not live in any western suburb. Where is your North destination?
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Gurnee is the northern suburb
But the way it will be split up is 2 days in Gurnee and 3 days in the far flung western location.
Now mathematically it could make sense to be in between or closer to the one where I'll spend 3 days.
However i might prefer to live closer to Gurnee or somewhere on the lake (even as far south as Evanston)
Then on a couple days make the mega commute out west (with a likely one night stay at hotel per week).
Just my thoughts, not sure yet.
It's all brand new to me.
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So that means a quick commute to Gurnee and a mega one to that town out west (with probably an overnight hotel stay per week).
But that's life, it will be exciting.
EngineerDave
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That's some impressive moving around. You must handle it better than me, moving makes me a nervous wreck and stressed out!
Really the biggest thing i dislike about moving now is leaving family. I do love Chicago though (at least from every visit I've made there)
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numerous job changes, all engineering related, during that time. Chicago was a job market and labor market.
As you approach retirement, maneuver your location change into a nice locale away from mega-cities. Went from Chicago to south central Michigan. No regrets. We vacation near the water, E, W, or North, as a rule.
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Current position is direct and going on seven years (knock wood).
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