Ask HN: Employers, why do or don't you offer relocation?

2 pointskminehart1 comment

Those of you who are responsible for finding / hiring candidates, I'm curious what motivated you to seek employees outside of your area.

How far are you willing to relocate someone?

What's stopping you from relocating someone overseas?

I'm seeing a lot of interesting jobs in foreign countries that don't offer any relocation and I'm wondering why!

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As in paying for relocation? Or just as in hiring people who have plans to relocate?

We do the latter (if the person does not require visa sponsorship). We can’t afford the former. Hiring someone is risky enough as it is without adding extra up-front expense. And the pool of candidates who are local or have plans to relocate without being subsidized has been sufficient for us.

And visas are extra complexity that we don’t have the time resources to devote to — and in some cases (like H1Bs) an additional risk because they’re a crapshoot.

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