You’ve accepted an offer, now what?
The hiring process doesn’t end when you accept the offer. At least, not if you’re remote. If you work in the same city as your destination team, the process is pretty much done. Your new and old managers agree on a date, and you show up for work at the new office on your start date, rather than your old office.
If you have to relo, though, things get a bit more complicated. After deciding a start date, you have to figure out when you are going to move. The move is cake, since Microsoft’s relo package is so great (my opinion here). The last time, they came and packed everything we owned, put it on a truck, drove it away, and unloaded the truck in WA.
Moving, however, is never easy. Moving 3000 miles is very complicated. There’s a ton of stuff you have to do to cut ties with your old city, and start getting set up in the new place. Utilities, mail, etc, all have to be handled.
The relo date drives all of this stuff, so it’s important to get that relo date as soon as you can. In my case, I pushed back on my start date because it didn’t leave enough time for me to relocate back to WA. I asked for another week before my start date, to allow for more time before the relo.
I’m now waiting to hear back about the relo process. When is my pack/move date? What flights will we be on to get to WA? Where will we be staying in our temporary housing? I don’t know, but hopefully I will know really soon.
