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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

439.0. "What if my group relocates?" by 40470::THOMPSON (Famous Ex-Noter) Wed Jan 13 1988 13:24

    This question has been placed here at the request of a reader who
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I was wondering if someone out there could clarify the following for me.

I'm with a group and the group is moving, which will mean I will need to
travel a longer distance to work.  Am I obligated to stay with this group
for the full two years?  I had no idea that the group would be moving
when I accepted the position in July of 1987.  The move will be taking
place in the April/May 1988 timeframe.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
439.1		CUPOLA::HAKKARAINEN	View from the obstructed seats	`Thu Jan 14 1988 12:43`	9
	Dunno about the release from your two-year commitment. Many managers, though, are reasonable about such situations and would give you the option to look for a new job closer to home. Or, if the move is greater than 10 miles and makes you more than 30 miles from your home, you are entitled to relocation. In either case, review section 5.05 of the PP&P to make sure that you get your fair share there.
439.2	A more specific scenario...	SOFBAS::WOLFF	Greg Wolff, CPIC::, 223-4978	`Tue Feb 09 1988 16:50`	8
	Lets be as complete as possible here. If a person is eligible for relocation, but refuses: can the manager in question force the employee to stay with the group? Thus, if the employee's commute is extended 10+ miles and is now more than 30 miles (35?) is the employee obligated to stay with the group if the manager wants to keep s/he?
439.3	Deployement .... really ??	MAMIE::EARLY	Bob_the_hiker	`Wed Jun 15 1988 13:20`	27
	re: .2 Well, let me try (you might check with personnel for the 'true facts', as opposed to an observers opinion. Currently, there are severla people who would prefer not to move with their group. This is how it sems to work. Ok , our group is moving more than 30 miles away, and you choose not to move. OK, you must find a job within the range you want to stay. Ok, you find a job. Your current manager agrees. Everythings ok. Ok, you find a job, but your current manager wants you to go. Does not compute. Talk to personnel and 'getcher TS' card punched. Suppose you don't find a job ? And you still choose to stay at the same location. No problem (well, maybe not ...). You go onto, whats it called, 'Deployment ??' ... where personell will find you a job, which must be within 20% of your current salary. Your option are: Accept or leave (this may be innaccurate). Within 20% ?? That could be 20% less !! Pays to check 'policy'. Bob
439.4		EAGLE1::EGGERS	Tom, 293-5358, VAX Architecture	`Wed Jun 15 1988 18:11`	10
	If you have found a new job in the old location, then you can get that new job almost no matter what your old manager says. That case is not a problem. I have seen two instances of the old manager not wanting a transfer to take place. The employee simply started working for the new manager anyway. When the old manager found he was paying for the guy without getting any work from him, he quickly decided to approve the transfer papers. It does take some nerve to pull this off, but it will work as long as the new manager really wants it to happen.