One of my pet peeves is relocation costs. Companies in nyc try to hire me at least every six months, particularly since I used to live there. You can tell who is an asshole by asking about relo packages. If they start at $5k my wanker detector goes off. Assholes offer maybe up to $10k, often as a hiring bonus, so it's taxed; maybe $6k might land in my checking account. That's a joke for a mid-30s data scientist. A trip to nyc for me plus partner to shop for apartments alone is $2.5k (2 airline tickets, taxis, meals, boarding a dog, 3 nights in manhattan hotels). Then the costs of apartment rental, job search for partner, winding down an apartment lease here, selling a car, and moving a grown up apartment -- ie I own a real bed and dressers and a couch and a table -- across the country. A relocation would cost me on the order of $15-$20k after taxes.
Yet ceos whine endlessly about the lack of good employees. You never see them in a bwm dealership bitching they won't sell a 5-series for $30k though.