Why Companies Should Offer Employee “De-Location” Packages

Include this in your remote work policy

Kristin Wilson
The Startup
Published in
5 min readSep 16, 2019

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Up to 99% of U.S. Human Resources Executives believe that “leveraging global mobility” helps businesses grow and attract more talent. Likewise, almost 100% of U.S. companies offer relocation packages that cost upwards of $25,000–100,000 per employee. But what about de-location packages? In other words, paying employees to move away from their offices?

In the age of remote work, companies with workplace flexibility will attract the best employees in the world and keep them. They’ll also save money. Nearly half of the companies polled in a recent remote work study reported that offering remote work helps them lower their operating costs and scale their workforce. Flexibility is in such high demand that Entrepreneur decided it shouldn’t be labeled as a “job perk” anymore.

It’s time for companies to revive outdated HR policies and end ineffective employee retention schemes. De-location packages are a sign of things to come. Here’s why.

Some Background

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Kristin Wilson
The Startup

100M+ Views | Author of Digital Nomads for Dummies | Host of the Traveling with Kristin Podcast & YouTube Channel https://travelingwithkristin.com/relocation