Ironically, I'm going through the opposite of #1 - not a bad company, but decided it needed to move countries. Made a big announcement, said basically in 3 months you're all out the door, but keep up the hard work, and help with the transition! I think they _just_ hired their first couple of FTE's in the new location.
You can imagine the general reaction - many left, those with vacation time are taking it, progress ground to a halt, motivation and morale through the floor - so basically, burning three months of salary instead of doing exactly what you were bothered by - hiring new teams in the new locale, scaling down work in the old one, and then after things are stable in the new home, shutting down the old one.
It's truly baffling to me given that they're moving to a more expensive location, they're confused by higher costs of hiring, slowed progress and doubling of expenses.
End of the day it seemed like the best way to set several million dollars on fire - I imagine an executive saved their bacon somehow, but I really don't imagine there will be much of a bonus after the math is all done and tallied. I'm really curious how the new teams will react, realizing that there was this massive talent dump and nobody seems to know where anything came from - the transition is being handled as professionally as possible by those that remain, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't take an FTE offer from them at this point given the track record.
I have heard some companies hide the truth of relocating to another city and announce it right before the move. As employee, you either move with the company or find a new job.
It's probably better to build a team in the new location then announce the move in advance. It will be a shock either way.
You can imagine the general reaction - many left, those with vacation time are taking it, progress ground to a halt, motivation and morale through the floor - so basically, burning three months of salary instead of doing exactly what you were bothered by - hiring new teams in the new locale, scaling down work in the old one, and then after things are stable in the new home, shutting down the old one.
It's truly baffling to me given that they're moving to a more expensive location, they're confused by higher costs of hiring, slowed progress and doubling of expenses.
End of the day it seemed like the best way to set several million dollars on fire - I imagine an executive saved their bacon somehow, but I really don't imagine there will be much of a bonus after the math is all done and tallied. I'm really curious how the new teams will react, realizing that there was this massive talent dump and nobody seems to know where anything came from - the transition is being handled as professionally as possible by those that remain, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't take an FTE offer from them at this point given the track record.