Moving to a new city for work is a pretty big deal. Moving to another country for a job is something else entirely. But, nevertheless, new study shows that more US citizens than ever before are living outside of the country. For instance, it is known, that about 70% of engineers, particularly those in information technology and telecommunications, were willing to go abroad. What is their motivation?
A huge percentage of the most educated Canadians must move to the USA to find a job that makes better use of all that they have studied. Your lower income tax levels and higher rates of pay….. not to mention your significantly better climate……. make leaving Canada a much easier thing to do.
I would almost certainly move to the USA if an American film company and/or organized barter cooperative or company really liked my ideas regarding how the North American economy can be altered. One motivating factor would be to accomplish something more significant with my life?! https://m.facebook.com/notes/dennis...cian-the-film-series-concept/310416062401072/ Canada's Worst Politician, the film series concept.
American engineers move abroad more than before because this social phenomenon follows the outsourcing of production and great works on territory [an engineer finds job in a more easy way where there are physical activities, not where the economy is post industrialized and the services are the core of it]. So, more US become post industrialized, more US engineers will go and work abroad. As for Italians ... well ... for us to migrate is a real popular tradition: in the world there are 120,000,000 of persons directly or indirectly Italian ... only 60,000,000 live in Italy!
I've already made my money, so it's no skin off my ass one way or the other -- BUT, I've been advising 20-somethings to get out of the United States if they ever expect to create real wealth in their lives. The best way to do it today is go ex-pat status with a large multinational corporation and get a nice, fat, well-paid overseas job with them! If these "adult children" continue to lay around on their asses at Mommy and Daddy's house, the sun will eventually rise on their 40th birthday and then it will be too late! Nobody will want them for anything. It's amazing to me how many of today's 30-somethings are still just a bunch of clueless, helpless morons .... But, that's the demographic sector that overwhelmingly voted for Obama, and, they re-elected him, too! "Sure I have a 'plan'! Someday I'll finish growing up -- and then I'll go on welfare full-time!"
Difficulty finding employment and mediocre salaries. The U.S. has been bringing in cheaper foreign engineers so the country can remain "competitive" (businesses can make more profit). This does not bode well for American engineers. Despite the fact that many of them were already having difficulty finding employment, tech company lobbyists continued to want to bring in more.
I have an acquaintance who works for a British firm in the U.S. Funniest thing. He gets paid the same, or better, than the U.S. citizens. When I was working we had one guy who thought saying, "This friggin' job interferes with my social life," was hilarious so we all stood and waved as he was freed to pursue his social life full-time.
Employment not exactly wonderful in Britain now. Many people have left the U.K. and come to the U.S. That does not mean things in the U.S. are wonderful, just that it is worse in the U.K.
There is a saying in the U.S., "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." Of course, a wonderful writer, who was unfortunately a liberal, wrote, "The grass is greener over the septic tank." That's true, too.
I wouldn't go aboard for a job. I'm too accustomed to the American way of life. I'd never survive living in a foriegn country. I admire the Filipino, East Indian, Asian and other peoples who come to America, learn the language, get a college education and work here.
Moving to another country to live and work has been good for us both financially and for the experience. Interestingly, we have about three years left, then early retirement. I'll have worked a quarter of my working life working abroard. My wife even longer. I'm aware it's not for everyone.
