I am interviewing for a job at a prestigous hospital about 20 minutes from my home. The job description mentions “up to $10,000 relocation allowance”. Now I won’t be moving since I live so close now, but shouldn’t I be considered for at least some of that money? Maybe not, but it seems weird to offer so much to someone else. I am SO greedy…
BTW, it is for a specialty nursing job for which I am well suited, and I’m thinking they would have a pretty hard time filling the position from local “talent”. Food for thought…
Anecdote time: Two of my college buddies, with the same major, got jobs at the same company. Buddy A got a “relocation packet”. Buddy B didn’t. (Based on how far their parents lived from the company. ) Buddy A helpfully shared the information from the packet. I don’t think Buddy B minded not getting relocation money–I can’t remember whether Buddy A got any, may not have as a new, fresh from college, employee–but he resented not getting the packet, because it had a lot of information useful to new college grads looking to buy a car, rent an apartment in the area, and various other stuff which grown-ups should know and college students often don’t.
Most of those relocation allowances that I’ve seen were done in the form of reimbursement. So if you don’t have actual expenses you can’t claim the money. Of course, that company may do it different. Or you could ask and see if they would reclassify it as another kind of bonus, accounting wouldn’t be happy about paying out relocation money with no receipts to justify the outlay.
And I’d be prepared to have the offer recinded if you did ask - especially if you couldn’t figure out a way to word it diplomatically. I’m not interested in people who are obviouly greedy working for me - they (in my mind) steal office supplies and jump ship for any better offer.
No. This is not a 10,000 bonus that is being given out. It is reimbursement of costs for the new employee to take up employment. It may be that the 10,000 doesn’t even cover the expenses.