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Ask HN: Jobs with Relocation in the US?

3 pointsby avilesjabout 5 years ago
I&#x27;m a US expat who has been living abroad for way too long.<p>I plan to begin looking for a job probably July-August (expecting the ongoing situation to get better) and I&#x27;m wondering what are my chances of finding a job with relocation support.<p>Not sure how would companies react to the fact I&#x27;m currently outside the country with all the intentions to go back. I also never held a job in the US, all my experience is overseas.<p>I&#x27;m a SWE with 5 years of experience in a handful of markets (finance, health, fast food). I&#x27;ve worked with React, NodeJE, Serverless stack (AWS) and have dealt with a lot of proprietary technologies that I rather not talk about.<p>Worst case scenario for me is just couch surf at my cousin&#x27;s house in FL, which I rather not do.<p>Am I being too hopeful to find a job with relocation, living overseas?

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mtmailabout 5 years ago
Same chance as getting a signing bonus or company car or them paying extra for a recruitment agency I&#x27;d say. For a company it&#x27;s an expense just taxed differently. I once got such a package consisting of immigration lawyer + flight cost + rental car one month + furnished appartment one month + shipping my stuff, about 12.000 USD total. The HR department called it package and all was organized by a separate company specialized in that. At least the big companies deal with this multiple times per year if not per month.