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0 pointscrystal_revenge1y ago0 comments

> if Tim Cook decided to move to Alabama that’s where Apple Park would be

A current example of this is Walmart which is in the midst of trying to force a huge number of employees to relocate to Bentonville, AR. I can see why someone would move to NYC or SF for a job, since there are plenty of other options for career development, but you have to be pretty committed to Walmart for life (undoubtedly their intention along with workforce reduction) to decide to move your entire family to Bentonville.

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ericjmorey1y ago

Walmart has always been headquartered in Bentonville, AR so that's a huge difference from the other examples here. People in well paying jobs move all the time though so it's not the commitment or strategic retention plan you seem to imply unless you think everyone in NY or CA is so pretentious that they couldn't believe that Walmart employees are worth poaching despite their IT and analytics department being bigger bigger than most tech companies.

prmoustache1y ago

I guess not everyone working at Walmart headquarters are in well paying jobs though.

Relocating wasn't such a big deal when most family models were single income and women were basically all slaves and would follow their husband without having any say on the matter. These day, any relocation involve a discussion between 2 parties on the merit of relocating and possibility of career development for both. It is much more difficult.

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0 pointscrystal_revenge1y ago0 comments

> if Tim Cook decided to move to Alabama that’s where Apple Park would be

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ericjmorey1y ago

prmoustache1y ago

I guess not everyone working at Walmart headquarters are in well paying jobs though.

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