Does the company have a formal policy? Most major companies have some sort of mobility department that manages relocation both domestically and globally. This is my line of work, so if you have specific questions feel free to ask/PM. Bottom line is the amount you feel the tax will be dependent on your company's policy. Some cover taxes for their employees while others don't. Do you know if they will be administering any formal benefits, or just paying you a lump sum to move? Or are all the costs associated with the move yours to bear?
We need to let the Zach Harrison idea go. Everything is trending OSU. I just can't see a kid who has not wanted any of the spotlight to have a live ceremony with all his OSU friends/family, then pick a UM hat. This is a great class regardless though!
Congrats to Devin. Think this was a great decision for him. His stock wasn't going to get any higher and the injury threat is too much to overcome when your entire game is based on speed. Go get your money!
No problem. I don’t know all what the other poster had experienced with QL, but there are a lot of people that see it as a sham. I know many people have had issues with the company and the way it’s run. QL was also part of a lawsuit a few years back due to its handbook and the way it treated its employees, so they’re certainly far from perfect.
Actually it's not that rare. I know I have had it and have had several friends with competing offers between other cities. I am not a Michigan grad, but I would bet that many people who are graduates had offers from other large cities. I know the handful of alumni that I know of almost all had offers from other cities (NYC, ATL, Chi, DC) and Detroit lost many of them.
I know I'm not the one you asked, but I've been around Detroit for a while, so I thought I would offer some feedback on QL. To me, there are two sides of QL, the MB side is where the vast majority of their employees work. You have to work insane hours and be okay with an incredibly low hourly pay, but you can make a killing if you hit your targets and get good commissions. There is also the side to QL that serves as a bit of a tech hub for the city. I have a few friends that have worked in the tech space for QL and they all rave about it. I also have several friends that work on the MB side and many hate it. QL does a great job with giving back to the community, but it's really a mixed bag on how people feel about the company itself.
Detroit has done a fairly good job of attracting people early in their careers to live Downtown. The problem as I see it is if you had competing offers in Chicago and Detroit, but can live in Chicago for nearly the same cost as Detroit, then would you truly want to pick Detroit? Obviously there are family and other factors that might cause someone to pick Detroit in that situation, but without ties to the area a lot of people are going to choose other locations. Rent has become absurd in the downtown/midtown area (at least for Detroit). Also, a lot companies were offering incentives for their employees to move downtown, but have now ceased those incentives. It will be interesting to see how many want to stay downtown without receiving benefits for it. I was born and raised here, but I can understand why your average new grad wouldn't choose Detroit over Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, or other large cities where costs are nearly equal, or more manageable.
My wife and I moved back to Detroit over the summer from Nashville. We heard many stories about Detroit's renaissance, but as many have pointed out the Downtown/Mid-Town areas are really the only areas that have improved. We have several friends that choose to live in pockets of the Downtown area, but all of them have mentioned issues with petty crimes and/or other problems. I've lived in Chicago/Nashville and rarely, if ever, had concerns when having a night out in the city. Detroit just doesn't have that unless you're staying within that 2-3 mile area and even their you can find some areas that can make you feel uncomfortable. The city certainly has come a long way, but I just don't see it ever getting to that secondary big city level (i.e. Nashville) and certainly not up to the level of Chicago, Boston, NYC etc. If they want to maximize their potential, then we need more public transit. The Qline was a decent start, but it doesn't help connect the suburbs to the city at all and not many people would choose to take the bus. Nashville is facing a similar issue in regards to their public transit, but their growth is also exponentially greater than that of Detroit. If we can figure the transit system out, then we will have a good step in the right direction.
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Does the company have a formal policy? Most major companies have some sort of mobility department that manages relocation both domestically and globally. This is my line of work, so if you have specific questions feel free to ask/PM. Bottom line is the amount you feel the tax will be dependent on your company's policy. Some cover taxes for their employees while others don't. Do you know if they will be administering any formal benefits, or just paying you a lump sum to move? Or are all the costs associated with the move yours to bear?
We need to let the Zach Harrison idea go. Everything is trending OSU. I just can't see a kid who has not wanted any of the spotlight to have a live ceremony with all his OSU friends/family, then pick a UM hat. This is a great class regardless though!
Congrats to Devin. Think this was a great decision for him. His stock wasn't going to get any higher and the injury threat is too much to overcome when your entire game is based on speed. Go get your money!
No problem. I don’t know all what the other poster had experienced with QL, but there are a lot of people that see it as a sham. I know many people have had issues with the company and the way it’s run. QL was also part of a lawsuit a few years back due to its handbook and the way it treated its employees, so they’re certainly far from perfect.
Actually it's not that rare. I know I have had it and have had several friends with competing offers between other cities. I am not a Michigan grad, but I would bet that many people who are graduates had offers from other large cities. I know the handful of alumni that I know of almost all had offers from other cities (NYC, ATL, Chi, DC) and Detroit lost many of them.
I know I'm not the one you asked, but I've been around Detroit for a while, so I thought I would offer some feedback on QL. To me, there are two sides of QL, the MB side is where the vast majority of their employees work. You have to work insane hours and be okay with an incredibly low hourly pay, but you can make a killing if you hit your targets and get good commissions. There is also the side to QL that serves as a bit of a tech hub for the city. I have a few friends that have worked in the tech space for QL and they all rave about it. I also have several friends that work on the MB side and many hate it. QL does a great job with giving back to the community, but it's really a mixed bag on how people feel about the company itself.
Detroit has done a fairly good job of attracting people early in their careers to live Downtown. The problem as I see it is if you had competing offers in Chicago and Detroit, but can live in Chicago for nearly the same cost as Detroit, then would you truly want to pick Detroit? Obviously there are family and other factors that might cause someone to pick Detroit in that situation, but without ties to the area a lot of people are going to choose other locations. Rent has become absurd in the downtown/midtown area (at least for Detroit). Also, a lot companies were offering incentives for their employees to move downtown, but have now ceased those incentives. It will be interesting to see how many want to stay downtown without receiving benefits for it. I was born and raised here, but I can understand why your average new grad wouldn't choose Detroit over Atlanta, Chicago, Nashville, or other large cities where costs are nearly equal, or more manageable.
My wife and I moved back to Detroit over the summer from Nashville. We heard many stories about Detroit's renaissance, but as many have pointed out the Downtown/Mid-Town areas are really the only areas that have improved. We have several friends that choose to live in pockets of the Downtown area, but all of them have mentioned issues with petty crimes and/or other problems. I've lived in Chicago/Nashville and rarely, if ever, had concerns when having a night out in the city. Detroit just doesn't have that unless you're staying within that 2-3 mile area and even their you can find some areas that can make you feel uncomfortable. The city certainly has come a long way, but I just don't see it ever getting to that secondary big city level (i.e. Nashville) and certainly not up to the level of Chicago, Boston, NYC etc. If they want to maximize their potential, then we need more public transit. The Qline was a decent start, but it doesn't help connect the suburbs to the city at all and not many people would choose to take the bus. Nashville is facing a similar issue in regards to their public transit, but their growth is also exponentially greater than that of Detroit. If we can figure the transit system out, then we will have a good step in the right direction.