Deal or No Deal?

According to the lectures “Multinational corporations develop special compensation packages for employees who take international assignment.” This is so those employees are fairly compensated for the sacrifice them and their families are making to leave their home country. This being said, I would be intrigued to pursue the opportunity. However, there are a couple of things I would need to know before making the commitment. I would need to take into consideration the length of the assignment. To make the move worth it, I would want to stay for at least three years. This way, the international company will compensate me in a way that will ensure I am comfortable and stable.

 In addition, I would want to ensure they have all the elements of expatriate compensation. This would be the base salary plus incentives, allowances, expatriate incentives, and the standard benefits. All the compensation packages will ensure that life will continue as normal, only just in a different country. It is important to me that my family is taken care of while living in a foreign country to make sure they are comfortable.

One consideration I would need to think of that could potentially suede me not to take the assignment is the repatriation. The returning to our own country could be difficult as stated in the lecture. People can see a loss in compensation, and not see the career gains right away as they expected. The returning to my home country could be the one thing that would be a rough transition: as well as the transition to the new country.

Overall, I think the experience and the opportunity do out way the cons of the international assignment. I would want my family to experience a different culture for a couple years to give them a better perspective of the world they live in.

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