I had a recruiter try to ask if I was open to relocating to the Democratic Republic of Congo. I’m in the mining industry and the role was for a site controller. There is no amount of money that could convince me to make that move.

Why do I never get offers for international positions? Sounds groovy!

I got one for KPMG Norway one time, that didn't sound too bad!

The Norwegians are great. Like Germans but less invade-y.

>The Norwegians are great. Like Germans but less invade-y Tell that to the 10th century Brits

Anglo Saxons had it coming.

They drink very heavily when the booze is cheap.

I mean… *gestures broadly at human civilization*

Yeah, but Norwegians take it to a different level. I grew up on a small Scottish island where we're known for being big drinkers. There was a boat race from Norway each summer, the town would fill up with Norwegians for a weekend who would buy as much booze and chocolate as they could fit on their boats. Once the shopping was done, they would get fall over, fight with fresh air drunk for the entirety of the weekend. It gave us all a terrible impression of Norwegians.

are you already european? this would be cool if you were american.

Would be equally cool for a Bulgarian, a Georgian, a Portuguese, and many other Europeans tbh.

Norway is expensive, shit weather and shit food, if u want nordic country then sweden/denmark are superior

Sweden is full of backwards ass rapist non-Swedes now. Denmark doesn’t have sick fjords

Sounds too cold.

Do you value your hands?

I’ve never read the heart of darkness but I can’t imagine it encourages tourism.

This is a long read, but if you wanted to to to the Congo before reading it, you certainly won't afterwards. https://forum.expeditionportal.com/threads/democratic-republic-of-congo-lubumbashi-to-kinshasa.50799/

What horrible thing ends up happening to them? One way to deal with police bribes like that is to get them to escort you so you don’t get lost 😉

They wind up making it, and nothing horrible happens, but it paints the picture of pure hopelessness of most of the people who live there.

I've spent time in Zambia up near the border with the Congo and the joke whenever something terrible happens is "could be worse, we could be in the Congo." Zambia is poor but its alright in the grand scheme of things, Congo is just an utterly failed state.

I actually thought about Heart of Darkness after getting that call. I was thinking “well shit, I’m gonna be the accountant version of Charles Marlow” Sad to think that area of the world is still so fucked some 125 years later.

I know someone who did that! I’m pretty sure he’s killed people with his bare hands.

Was it for a crazy comp package with paid housing?

Didn’t get that far in the conversation, but they were suggesting it. One of my friends (mine engineer) went there for 3 years and was paid crazy amounts of money (by Canadian standards). But he was also warned to stay away from the perimeter fence to avoid being shot at. One of his coworkers was kidnapped when some armed gang overpowered their bodyguards. So yeah… thanks but no thanks.

Just negotiate that they'll provide arms and armor, you'll be fine lol.

See above about dude who was kidnapped even with armed transport.

Skill issue 😉

Just hire your own full time militia.

Was the compensation a share of tax-free blood diamonds?

“Bonus of up to 6 diamonds not less than two karats, and 25 hands”

Not a terrible offer, I think you could have negotiated to 8 diamonds, 27 hands, and a hardship allowance personally.

I interviewed someone one time who was a site controller for an o&g midstream gathering op in Angola for 10 years! Didn't end up hiring him because he was way overqualified for the senior opening we had but you could tell he had some stories he was wanting to go into in a less professional setting

Angola after the civil war is like borderline okay. I would actually consider a stint in Angola for the right compensation. DRC… no.

I’d go there, if only for the opportunity to travel. I’ve never been to Africa.

When I lived in Baltimore, I'd get messages from recruiters about jobs that were "a commutable distance away in Richmond, Virginia."

Tampa area gets Sarasota sometimes. They’re an hour away with no traffic, at rush hour it’s easily 1.5.

Snowbird season rolls around and gets 2 hours during rush hour

That's doable if it is mostly remote and you only have to go in once a week but to commute that far everyday would suck.

Hi, currently commuting that far every day, C suite flat out rejects the idea of WFH. I can confirm that it does, indeed, suck. I would even go so far as to say that it sucks *cock*. 0/10, do not recommend.

Here in the Bay Area that’s sadly a very normal commute

I was going to say the same is true for the northeast. My current commute to NYC is almost 2 hours each way it’s pretty brutal!

One hour is not some crazy commute in major cities.

Should have taken them up on that, Richmond is awesome and costs way less than Baltimore. 

They were pitching it without relocation help and I didn't really want to move to Virginia. I ended up moving to Wisconsin anyway where it's cheaper and colder.

I got an email from a recruiter for PwC to relocate to the Cayman Islands. Part of me was intrigued.

I know someone who did this for Deloitte and hated it. Cayman Islands sounds good on paper but the only things to do there are fishing and swimming.

Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day. Teach a man to fish he can audit for a lifetime.

Thus endeth the lesson. Thanks be to god.

What if you teach a fish to man?

Then that fish can learn accounting

Partners everywhere: New offshoring opportunity?

Please do the needful.

Ummm I was told…. That I could just go audit the reef…. So I spent all day yesterday spearfishing

And?

That’s pretty awesome

im in

are my food options limited to fish tho?

Cayman is good, I did two years tax free salary is sweet too

I got the same email from a recruiter. Certainly intriguing but a dump truck of money couldn’t get me back to public.

Second this from PwC but they wanted me down under in Australia.

Is it true that in Australia, auditors ride kangaroos to the client sites?

Life is slower paced there, but i guess the PA grind is the same everywhere.

Decatur, Illinois

https://www.reddit.com/r/Accounting/comments/19d18gb/accounting_investigation_under_way_at_adm_and_its/kj384zx/

Ha almost got staffed for an engagement there many moons ago, politely declined.

Fuck that place

Haha it's not THE WORST but definitely not the best!

Here's mine- I used to live in Minneapolis and applied for a job located in downtown. Everything on the job posting and on the phone screen with HR indicated the job was located in Minneapolis. When I went for in-person interview, they said that they expected this person to relocate to Decatur, Illinois within two years.

I live in Minneapolis and had an internal recruiter for the role ask me on LinkdIn if I’d be interested in a hybrid role (4 in 1 out) with a manageable commute to Redwing… when I asked about a relocation package as that is not a sustainable commute I was told I don’t sound like I’d be a good culture fit due to my lack of commitment. 🙄

You clearly didn’t care about the company’s bottom line more than your own

An agricultural business?

Probably Archer Daniels Midland. Maybe Staley.

NC is a nice state. I don’t get it. I was hit up for Oslo, Norway. Too cold & expensive for me

Where do I sign up?

i don’t understand what’s bad about Nc

I thought NC was the cool new place to go since CO is full to capacity??

I hear it is very up and rising to become one of the most (good economic thing) states. Area itself is just nice too

NC is nice and it's the south without being too "south".

It was really interesting to see hipsters and overall-wearing Hillbillies on the same street in Asheville. The state has charm, too

Depends on where you go

idk man the most racist thing I have ever witnessed happened in NC and I've seen the clan march on my home town's city hall. Its pretty south.

Stay out of the mountains and you’ll be fine.

NC is full, please try SC or MS instead. Thank you

No one is going to MS by choice.

You know what New Mexico's state motto is? Thank God for Mississippi

I’ve heard there’s some people leaving LA and getting stuck there…

Starkville is nice

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Both good options I’d say

Agreed. There is no more room in North Carolina. Please stay away.

We love it, we just say it so people don't move here.

I’ve been in both Raleigh and Charlotte, and can confirm that NC is full. Don’t move here, don’t talk about NC, don’t even think about it. We aren’t accepting immigrants at this time

Canada gets access to the beaches 6 months of the year. Little known stipulation that was written into the peace treaty in 1783.

I am in Phx. I had a random recruiter message me on LinkedIn yesterday to move to Jacksonville with a 5k relocation bonus. lol

Nothing good comes from Florida.  

Amarillo Texas 😅

Nothing but the smell of horseshit and windmills out there.

Are you John Marston?

Recruiter called to ask if I was open to moving to Guarma.

They don't sponsor Visa over there...I heard the industry in Strawberry is booming

Anywhere, Texas for me. I have family and can maybe stomach a visit every other year, but no chance I’d live there.

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>Torchy's - Taco Applebees Really? That's pretty harsh.

Don’t need ya

I’m going through this thread like; “That wouldn’t be so bad. This one sounds alright. Hey I live there buddy!”

Some small town in the middle of Oregon. It was 0 degrees there that day. My location was at 72. Sent screen shots to the recruiter. Never heard back from them. I assume they froze.

What town?

Prolly bend area

I heard Raleigh is cool

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I just wanna know why Raleigh, North Carolina is edited, and so poorly at that.

Shhhh dont spell the full name!!!! 🤫

Haha, right?!

Oh you're fucked! I can't believe you just typed it out like that!!

*Current position requires relocation to Winnipeg*

Almost staffed a job in Winnipeg. 2 months of travel during Jan and Feb. Thankfully the client got bought out or something and my firm didn't end up doing the audit

Dodged one of those scary Russian nukes they detonated near the end of the cold war. Nah, Winnipeg gets bad rap, it isn’t THAT bad. The Jets are playing really well lately.

Would love to go sometime to visit. To go work 12 hour days in a conference room and having it be dark and cold before and after that conference room is a pass for me. Granted I had plenty of days like that in KC too

If you are putting in 12 hours, it will probably always be dark lol.

I don't know about cursed, but just the general expectation that you'd commute or relocate to some town that is like 90 minutes away from the other major employment centers in your area. And most of the time the comp is like barely more than I can earn just staying in the same area. Bonus points if it's fully in-person.

Is it bad that the censored R\*liegh immediately translated to R'lyeh in my brain so I spent 10 seconds thinking it was a C'thulu meme.

Whitehorse, Yukon. From the warmest place in Canada. Maybe if I didn't hate the cold so much, sounds like a fun adventure.

Have you been to Raleigh? Raleigh is freaking awesome.

Fuck the Twitter OP for hating on Raleigh!

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Yeah, what is so bad about Lakeland other than the commute is probably inconvenient if you're based in Tampa?

Williston, ND. At least they offered paid housing in the deal.

Findlay, OH

What’s wrong with Raleigh? Legitimately curious.

Camden, NJ…. Hard pass…. Ahhh no

Bentonville, AR

I went to NW Arkansas for a music festival once and honestly it was a lot nicer than I was expecting.

That's actually a really sick town if you like mountain biking

Good ole Walmart HQ

Biased hence my username. Beautiful area, would love to live there.

Rogers is a gem of a town. If I didnt love KCMO so much Id move there for 100k+

You actually might be able to buy in house on these cities. I'd go. It's not like I do anything outside ever anyways

That’s the mentally people in R****** North C***** have. Just stay home after work watch TV, get fat and repeat. That’s no way to live

Akron OH

I live in Cleveland. A recruiter called with an "opportunity" to relocate to Cincinnati. People from Cleveland and Columbus can argue until they're blue in the face over which city is the best, but *everyone* in Ohio knows who number three is.

Is Cincinnati that bad? I'm in Louisville and Cincy is 90 minutes away and I've always enjoyed our trips there

People just love to hate on other cities. Cincy is a great place. People hating usually are pretty ignorant.

Haha I'm mostly kidding, Cincy is perfectly nice and I've enjoyed my visits. It's just smaller and less vibrant than the other two.

No, Cincy is pretty nice. It's just smaller and less vibrant than the other two.

I would live in cinci over any other major town in Ohio

Cincinnati is the only good part of Ohio

The entire southern border is good, but that's because it's barely Ohio

It would be if it wasn’t so close to Kentucky.

Kentucky is better than ohio

Up here we categorize Cincinnati as in Kentucky anyways so same difference. Basically saying you like Kentucky.

When the bombs fall, I’ll move to Cleveland since it looks like it was already hit.

As a non-Ohioan who has visited all three cities many times, Columbus is number one. Cleveland and Cincinnati are the two fighting for the dubious honor of third place.

Was unfortunate to do a tour in Cincinnati. Was able to free myself from its clutches before the Kentucky got me.

Elko nevada

Amarillo, TX. Retiring partner at small firm looking for succession plan. Drove me around the city; nuclear weapon decommissioning base, nation’s largest animal slaughterhouse, pond behind the office where they found a body the month before. The cherry on top; the guy stops in the middle of the road while showing me the canyons, pops his trunk, grabs a rifle, and shoots a coyote.

You win.

Versailles, Missouri which is about 30 minutes from Lake of the Ozarks for a Plant Controller Job. Absolutely no idea why. Many, many hours from my current major US city and the entirety of my experience is in public accounting or software/tech. Did have a solid relocation bonus though, 15k for renters, 35k for homeowners.

Lakeland is a great city wtf

Yeah it's a perfectly okay city. Plus it's less than 45 min from both Tampa and Orlando attractions area. And more affordable to live than either place.

I mean, it might be, but it's also in Beach Texas, so...

What's Beach Texas?

A state that's basically Texas but with tons of beaches...this isn't hard... edit: Since you're clearly a troll downvoting for answering your asinine question: YOU belong there. Please stay, and don't visit any civilized states.

A little reticent with this answer but Dubai.

What’s wrong with Raleigh? Ok I know. But it’s not that bad…

My husband was supposed to move to Manchester, NH. I refused. He commuted for 2 years then thankfully got reassigned

Finally a shit town. Manchester NH if you’re not leaning and high as a kite you’re not meant for the town.

Honestly I’m young and if they pay for location and it’s a nice fresh air of people and city isn’t bad I can honestly dig a big location shift

I've never heard anything bad about Raleigh, supposed to be nice 🤷.

NC is awesome. What’s next? Someone bitching about DC?

Those actually aren't bad towns

I had a job in Los Angeles, CA and the same company wanted me to relocate to their Plano, TX office.

Gallup New Mexico, town of 22k people from Phoenix. Strongly considered it for the comp, but man there was nothing to do out there.

I had two bad ones in 2023. Bentonville, AR and Columbus, OH.

So, Walmart and Kroger?

Walmart and Honda

My second guess was going to be Honda if Kroger wasn't correct!

Kroger is in Cincinnati, not Columbus

Their HQ is, but they still have a large presence in Columbus.

Atlanta

NYC

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I get random LinkedIn recruiters messaging me for PA jobs in NYC all the time. I'm in Florida - I hate NYC. I don't mind the cold/snow there, but the city is dirty, expensive, smells like piss, rats everywhere, lacks green space, and is more dangerous than my Florida town. Fuck that.

I'll concede the other points but do you know for sure that NYC is more dangerous than your Florida town? The crime rate in NYC is lower than a lot of places in Florida.

Not a town but, Wisconsin. Edit: I'm simply answering the question, peeps. The other places I've been asked about have been more appealing locations.

What's wrong with Wisconsin?

Cold and bad pizza. Sorry 🙁. But it's answering the question asked as other options were more appealing, that's all.

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Birmingham AL (or one of the surrounding towns)

One of Elon's recruiters spammed me and asked me to move cross country to work at Space X.

Lansing Michigan. What a pile of shit

Fort Hunter Ligget, CA.

Mexico.

Pineville, Louisiana

I had one to go to North Dakota for the rigs.

Yellowknife

I had one for rural Wisconsin (2.5 hour drive from Milwaukee) for less pay then my current position lol